IMF Working Papers

Speculative Attacks

By Pablo Emilio Guidotti, Guillermo Calvo

January 1, 1991

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Pablo Emilio Guidotti, and Guillermo Calvo. Speculative Attacks, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1991) accessed December 8, 2024
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Summary

A brief survey of the literature on speculative attacks is provided. The nature and causes of balance-of-payments crises, the implications for the behavior of the current account and the real exchange rate are discussed. Also, potential areas for future research on balance-of-payments crises are suggested.

Subject: Banking, Conventional peg, Domestic credit, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates

Keywords: Balance of payments, Balance-of-payments crisis, Exchange rate, Nominal exchange rate, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    7

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1991/010

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0101991

  • ISBN:

    9781451926514

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941