Currency substitution and speculative attacks on a currency board system

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-78

  Tsang, Shu Ki ^a   Ma, Yue ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Currency board; Currency substitution; Hong Kong; Markov switching model; Speculative attack

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142014055     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(01)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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