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Leading indicators of currency crises: Discriminant function analysis vs Early warning signal approach


TERRA ECONOMICUS, , Vol. 20 (no. 4),

Money markets play a key role in macroeconomic stability. This study aims to extend discriminant function analysis and apply early warning models to detect the signalling indicators of the currency crises in developing countries for the period between 1987 and 2007. The obtained model based on the data on India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Thailand then tested in another set of six developing countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela. The theoretical premise of the paper is based on the three-generation currency crisis models. The empirical findings indicate that current account balance / reserves, M2 growth (annual %), domestic credit provided by banking sector (%of GDP), bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%), and GDP annual growth are the leading indicators of currency crises. The model provided by DFA has around 60% accuracy in foreseeing the status of crisis in the test data set. The results suggest that discriminant function analysis would be a useful tool to predict the “signal”.
Citation: Kahraman S., Sariyer G. (2022). Leading indicators of currency crises: Discriminant function analysis vs Early warning signal approach. Terra Economicus 20(4), 115–128. DOI: 10.18522/2073-6606-2022-20-4-115-128


Keywords: currency crisis; discriminant function analysis; currency crisis index; emerging market economies; early warning signal approach

JEL codes: G01, C49, E47, F41

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ISSN: 2073-6606