Globalization and the 'confidence game'

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 406-427

  Mukand, Sharun W ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Currency crisis; Devaluation; Globalization; International capital markets; Transparency

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; CAPITAL MARKET; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBALIZATION; OPEN DOOR POLICY;

EID: 33751086139     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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