The twin crises: The causes of banking and balance-of-payments problems

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 473-500

  Kaminsky, Graciela L ^a   Reinhart, Carmen M ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0039624712     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.3.473     Document Type: Article

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