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Managing new-style currency crises: the swan diagram approach revisited

✍ Scribed by Ramkishen S. Rajan


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
257 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0954-1748

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Abstract

The new‐style currency crises that have afflicted a number of developing and emerging economies of late are characterised by sudden stops in capital inflows and adverse balance sheet effects. Given the potential high costs of these crises, there remains an ongoing debate on how they might best be managed when they do arise. This paper argues that the age‐old Swan diagram, appropriately modified, is able to provide useful insights into how a country might manage a new‐style crisis via a combination of adjustment (which involves expenditure switching and reducing polices) and financing. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.