Rational Speculation, Financial Crises, and Optimal Policy Responses /

This paper develops a theory of the onset of financial crises by solving for the optimal trading strategies of speculators in financial markets, in a model where each speculator tries to coordinate her trades with the market's by observing the decisions of other speculators, while simultaneousl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Surti, Jay
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/025
Online Access:Full text available on IMF