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Misleading indicators? The Argentinean currency crisis

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  • Alvarez-Plata, Patricia
  • Schrooten, Mechthild

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Despite the fact that Argentina has been suffering from recession for years the timing and severity of the recent currency crisis has surprised most observers. This paper analyzes whether the "early warning" or "signals" approach of Kaminsky (1998), Kaminsky/Lizondo/Reinhart (1998) and Kaminsky/Reinhart (1999) could have predicted the Argentinean currency crisis at an earlier point in time. Using a broad set of indicators, it is shown that the forecasting quality of this approach was poor in the case of Argentina.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Journal of Policy Modeling.

Volume (Year): 26 (2004)
Issue (Month): 5 (July)
Pages: 587-603

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Handle: RePEc:eee:jpolmo:v:26:y:2004:i:5:p:587-603

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  3. Federico Marongiu, 2005. "Towards A New Set Of Leading Indicators Of Currency Crisis For Developing Countries: An Application To Argentina," Public Economics 0512011, EconWPA.
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