Speculative Attacks
January 1, 1991
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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
Pages:
7
Volume:
1991
DOI:
Issue:
010
Series:
Working Paper No. 1991/010
Stock No:
WPIEA0101991
ISBN:
9781451926514
ISSN:
1018-5941
