Do high interest rates defend currencies during speculative attacks? New evidence

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 158-169

  Goderis, Benedikt ^a   Ioannidou, Vasso P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Currency crises; Monetary policy; Short term debt; Speculative attacks

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY MARKET; DEBT CRISIS; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 37349003766     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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