Banking sector fragility and the transmission of currency crises

Open Economies Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-292

  Bruinshoofd, Allard ^a   Candelon, Bertrand ^b   Raabe, Katharina ^c  

^a Rabobank Nederland ^*  (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking sector fragility; Currency crisis; Transmission channels

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CURRENCY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL CRISIS;

EID: 77954710012     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-008-9078-4     Document Type: Article

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