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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464566703321

Autore

Wu Yi

Titolo

The role of institutional quality in a currency crisis model [[electronic resource] /] / prepared by Yi Wu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, Policy Development and Review Dept., 2008

ISBN

1-4623-3765-1

1-4527-1075-9

1-282-44816-1

9786613821355

1-4519-1320-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (18 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/5

Soggetti

Currency crises - Econometric models

Financial institutions - Econometric models

Tax collection - Econometric models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"January 2008."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 16).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. The Model; Figures; 1. Self-fulfilling Currency Crises; III. Institutional quality and self-fulfilling currency crises; 2a. Simulation I; 2b. Simulation II; 2c. Simulation III; IV. Concluding remarks; References

Sommario/riassunto

This paper is a theoretical study of the impact of institutional quality on currency crises from a public finance point of view. Recent empirical studies leave little doubt that weak institutions, including high levels of corruption, hinder economic performance. After the East Asian crisis, many observers have pointed to widespread corruption and crony capitalism as an underlying cause. Despite the popularity of the claim, there are only limited empirical and especially theoretical studies on the link between institutional quality and currency crises. This paper intends to fill in this void. W