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Patterns Of Exchange Rates And Current Accounts: The East Asian Waltz

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  • ANDREW SHENG

    (Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
    Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

  • KIAN TENG KWEK

    (Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

  • CHO WAI CHO

    (Taylor's University, Selangor, Malaysia)

Abstract

The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997–1998 have a common trait, that is any shock to the financial system or market system can cause the system or market to flip from one state to another state.

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  • Andrew Sheng & Kian Teng Kwek & Cho Wai Cho, 2012. "Patterns Of Exchange Rates And Current Accounts: The East Asian Waltz," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 57(02), pages 1-34.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:57:y:2012:i:02:n:s0217590812500099
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590812500099
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    Keywords

    Network effect; feedback mechanism; collective behavior; C45; E61; F36;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C45 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Neural Networks and Related Topics
    • E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

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