A new approach to modeling early warning systems for currency crises: Can a machine-learning fuzzy expert system predict the currency crises effectively?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1098-1121

  Lin, Chin Shien ^a   Khan, Haider A ^b,c   Chang, Ruei Yuan ^a   Wang, Ying Chieh ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Currency crises; Inductive learning; Logit; Neuro fuzzy; Signal approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849089282     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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