Causality between banking and currency fragilities: A dynamic panel model

Global Finance Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-101

  Shen, Chung Hua ^a   Chen, Chien Fu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Banking Financial Index; Banking fragility; Currency fragility; Exchange market pressure; Panel Granger causality; Twin fragility

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649091682     PISSN: 10440283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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