Comparing the Performance of Logit and Probit Early Warning Systems for Currency Crises in Emerging Market Economies /

We compare how logit (fixed effects) and probit early warning systems (EWS) predict insample and out-of-sample currency crises in emerging markets (EMs). We look at episodes of currency crises that took place in 29 EMs between January 1995 and December 2012. Stronger real GDP growth rates and higher...

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主要作者: Comelli, Fabio
格式: 杂志
语言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
丛编:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/065
在线阅读:Full text available on IMF
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