Currency crises: Are they all the same?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 503-527

  Kaminsky, Graciela L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Currency crises; Current account problems; Early warnings of crises; Over borrowing syndrome; Self fulfilling crises; Sovereign debt crises; Sudden stops

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744514113     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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