Fiscal imbalances and the dynamics of currency crises

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1317-1338

  Corsetti, Giancarlo ^a,b,c   Maćkowiak, Bartosz ^d  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Currency crisis; Fiscal theory of the price level; Public debt; Speculative attack

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY; FISCAL POLICY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 33744943285     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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