Currency crisis contagion and the identification of transmission channels

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 572-588

  Haile, Fasika ^a   Pozo, Susan ^b  

^a Comerica Bank ^*  (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagion; Currency crisis; Extreme value theory; Trade and financial linkages

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249124440     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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