External Vulnerability in Emerging Market Economies : How High Liquidity Can Offset Weak Fundamentals and the Effects of Contagion /

This paper investigates the factors behind the 1994 and 1997 crises and whether these can explain the 1998 crisis. The study reveals that: (i) variables used in an Early Warning System model developed by IMF staff scored well in predicting the 1998 crisis out-of-sample; (ii) all three crisis episode...

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1. Verfasser: Mulder, Christian
Weitere Verfasser: Bussiere, Matthieu
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/088
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF