Leading indicators of crisis incidence: Evidence from developed countries

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-19

  Babecký, Jan ^a   Havránek, Tomአ^a,b   Matějů, Jakub ^a,c   Rusnák, Marek ^a   Šmídková, Kateřina ^a,b   Vašíček, Bořek ^a  

^a CZECH NATIONAL BANK   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Crises; Dynamic panel; Early warning indicators; Panel VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874368315     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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