Balance of payment crises in emerging markets: how early were the 'early' warning signals?

Applied Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1601-1623

  Bussière, Matthieu ^a  

^a BANQUE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

currency crises; dynamic discrete choice model; emerging market economies; financial crises; panel data; state dependence; sudden stops

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY MARKET; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; PANEL DATA;

EID: 84856951866     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.633891     Document Type: Article

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