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100 _aGourinchas, Pierre-Olivier
245 _aStories of the twentieth century for the twenty-first
260 _c2012
520 _aStates that a key precursor of 20th century financial crises in emerging and advanced economies alike was the rapid buildup of leverage. Notes that analysis using 1973-2010 data suggests domestic credit expansion and real currency appeciation have been the most robust and significant predictors of financial crises, regardless of the state of the economy. Continues that for emerging economies, higher foreign exchange reserves predict a sharply reduced probability of a subsequent crisis.
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