How did Korean households cope with negative shocks from the financial crisis?

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-254

  Goh, Chor Ching ^a   Kang, Sung Jin ^b   Sawada, Yasuyuki ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Currency crisis in Korea; Korea; Risk coping strategies; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444382059     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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