Financial crisis, contagion, and containment : from Asia to Argentina /

Desai, Padma.

Financial crisis, contagion, and containment : from Asia to Argentina / Padma Desai. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, (c)2003. - 1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The U.S. Economy in Transition -- The Euro: Teething Troubles and Faltering Responses -- Japan: The Lost Decade of the Nineties amidst Policy Paralysis -- The Asian Financial Crisis -- Blocks -- What Are Fundamentals? What Are Structural Issues? -- The Current Account and the Exchange Rate -- Financial Liberalization, Capital Account Decontrol, and the Regulatory Framework -- The East Asian Crisis: A Crisis of Over-Investment or Unregulated, Premature Capital Flows? -- The Asian Crisis Chronology -- The Ruble Collapses in August 1998 -- Block -- The Ruble: Premature Capital Account Convertibility -- Contagion from the Ruble to the Real -- Beyond Bangkok: Crisis Erupts in Buenos Aires and in the Bosphorus -- The Contagion -- International Monetary Fund to the Rescue: How Did It Fare? Badly -- Was There Moral Hazard in the Asian Financial Crisis? -- How Much Corruption? Does Corruption Matter? -- Chilean Capital Inflow Tax -- Capital Account Convertibility in China and India: A Cautionary Tale of Two Countries -- Crisis Prevention and Containment: The Next Steps in Financial Reform.



9781400865376


Financial crises.
Economic stabilization.
Finanças internacionais.
Crise financeira.
Estabilização econômica.


Electronic Books.

HB3722 / .F563 2003