Carry trades and currency crashes

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 23, Issue , 2008, Pages 313-347

  Brunnermeier, Markus K ^a   Nagel, Stefan ^b   Pedersen, Lasse H ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77649160315     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/593088     Document Type: Article

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