The determinants of vulnerability to the global financial crisis 2008 to 2009: Credit growth and other sources of risk

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-49

  Feldkircher, Martin ^a  

^a OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Credit boom; Cross country analysis; Financial crisis; International shock transmission; Non linear effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892980567     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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