Self-fulfilling crises in the Eurozone: An empirical test

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-36

  De Grauwe, Paul ^a,c   Ji, Yuemei ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eurozone; Government debt; Interest rate; Lender of last resort; Multiple equilibria; Panel data; Self fulfilling crises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875472202     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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