In dieser Arbeit wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie die Entstehung und Ausbreitung von Währungskrisen theoretisch zu erklären ist. Nach einem Überblick über die etablierten Erklärungsansätze zur Krisenentstehung werden schwerpunktmäßig zwei Thesen zur Krisenausbreitung untersucht. Erstens...

January 2000 - No - there is no systematic association between interest rates and the outcome of speculative attacks. Drawing on evidence from a large sample of speculative attacks in industrial and developing countries, Kraay argues that high interest rates do not defend currencies against...

The recent Asian currency crisis was caused by large prospective fiscal deficits associated with implicit bailout guarantees to failing banking systems. Absent the political will to raise taxes or cut spending, governments must resort to seignorage revenues to pay for the bailout of the banking...

The main objective of this paper is to understand the causes and symptoms of currency crises by reviewing its seminal literature, establishing its determinants, and outlining some of the relevant issues. The paper highlights the need to comprehend the process, which may lead to the inconsistency...