Informational contagion of sudden stops in a global games framework

Open Economies Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-192

  Vaugirard, Victor E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian learning; Coordination game; Incomplete information; Payoff complementarities; Pure contagion

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INFORMATION; INVESTMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 1542539113     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:OPEN.0000012301.35570.ee     Document Type: Article

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