Contagion, herding and exchange-rate instability — A survey
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- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Intereconomics
- Vol. 39 (4) , 222-228
Abstract
Despite the considerable body of literature on the subject of currency crises there is still very little agreement on the true drivers of these, crises and their transmission across countries. This article focuses in particular on the role of herd behaviour and financial contagion, and the high exchange-rate. volatility which is a direct consequence of these. It also looks at the adverse macroeconomic consequences of episodes with high exchange-rate volatility, especially in terms of labour market performance.Keywords
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