Investment, devaluation, and foreign currency exposure: The case of Mexico

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-113

  Aguiar, Mark ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance sheets; Emerging market crises; Financial constraints; Investment

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY DEVALUATION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INVESTMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844531512     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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