Do Currency Crises Cause Capital Account Liberalization?

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 544-559

  Pepinsky, Thomas B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CURRENCY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GOVERNMENT; LIBERALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY REFORM;

EID: 84865853266     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2012.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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