The falsification of four popular hypotheses about the Asian crisis

World Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-44

  Willett, Thomas D ^a,b,c   Budiman, Aida ^d   Denzau, Arthur ^a   Jo, Gab Je ^e   Ramos, Cesar ^g   Thomas, John ^f  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Claremont Institute   (United States)

^d BANK INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^e Kookmin Bank   (South Korea)

^f LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET;

EID: 1342265961     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2004.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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