Delaying the inevitable: A political economy approach to currency defenses and depreciation

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-139

  Walter, Stefanie ^a   Willett, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

currency crisis; delayed devaluation; Exchange rate politics; policy preferences; political economy of adjustment; political institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858330252     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2010.514524     Document Type: Article

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