Towards a new early warning system of financial crises

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 953-973

  Bussiere, Matthieu ^a   Fratzscher, Marcel ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crisis prediction; Currency crises; Early warning system; Emerging markets; Financial stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748541256     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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