Speculative attacks, openness and crises

We extended the Cole and Kehoe model (1996) by adding trade and debt denominated in national currency. We then evaluated some external debt defaults and steep national currency devaluations occurred during last decades. Although default is unlikely, steep devaluation has been repeatedly triggered du...

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Main Authors: Aloisio Araujo, Marcia Leon, Rafael Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2012-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Economia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402012000200001&lng=en&tlng=en