Multiple Equilibria, Contagion, and the Emerging Market Crises /

The paper surveys the types of models producing multiple equilibria in financial markets. It argues that such models are consistent with observed phenomena, such as the greater volatility of financial asset prices than of macroeconomic fundamentals. Alternative explanations are compared with the sty...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Masson, Paul
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/164
Online Access:Full text available on IMF