We address three questions: (i) Can classical models be reconciled with the fact that many crises are marked by high rates of depreciation and small increases in seignorage revenue? (ii) What are the implications of different financing methods for post-crisis rates of inflation and depreciation? (iii) How do governments pay for the fiscal costs associated with currency crises? To study these qu...

The Greek experience and the arguments for against Poland’s accession to euro area
 article discusses area influence of financial crisis on Polish perspective joining Eurozone. outbreak has dampened European Union new members’ initial enthusiasm adopting instead their national currencies. Poland was one states intending enter a couple years after its EU. global downturn affected these plan...

the frequent occurrence of currency crises in recent years brought the early warning literature back in the researchers spotlight. in recent years, concept of an early warning system (ews) developed that should be able to identify various costly events, such as currency crises, early enough for policy makers to reduce the costs. this study attempted by using iran's economy quarterly data d...

This paper discusses the theoretical and policy debate on the Crisis in South East Asia. After contrasting competing interpretations of the crisis, the paper presents stylized facts about fundamental imbalances in the economies of the region before the currency collapse. Then, it reviews current theories of currency and financial instability, assessing them as interpretive schemes of the crisis...

East Asian economies caught in the recent crisis have seen their output contract fiercely despite enormous real exchange rate depreciation. Why are relative prices not maintaining demand and output at pre-crisis levels? We investigate the idea that there are negative supply-side shifts due to balance sheet effects. Specifically, we use the framework of Kiyotaki and Moore (1997) to explore the i...

The coincidence of banking and currency crises associated with the Asian financial crisis has drawn renewed attention to causal and common factors linking the two phenomena. In this paper, we analyze the incidence and underlying causes of banking and currency crises in 90 industrial and developed countries over the 1975-97 period. We measure the individual and joint (“twin”) occurrence of bank ...

This paper addresses two questions: (i) how do governments actually pay for the Þscal costs associated with currency crises; and (ii) what are the implications of different Þnancing methods for post-crisis rates of inßation and depreciation? We study these questions using a general equilibrium model in which a currency crisis is triggered by prospective government deÞcits. We then use our model...