Learning, large deviations, and recurrent currency crises

International Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 141-173

  Kasa, Kenneth ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 1642346704     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2004.00120.x     Document Type: Review

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