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Preventing currency crises in emerging markets /

Preventing currency crises in emerging markets / - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002. - xi, 770 p. : - A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report .

Papers presented at a conference held in Islamorada, Fla., in Jan. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Economists and policymakers are still trying to understand the lessons recent financial crises in Asia and other emerging market countries hold for the future of the global financial system. In this timely and important volume, distinguished academics, officials in multilateral organizations, and public and private sector economists explore the causes of and effective policy responses to international currency crises. Topics covered include exchange rate regimes, contagion (transmission of currency crises across countries), the current account of the balance of payments, the role of private sec.

0226184943 (cloth : alk. paper)


Currency question
Monetary policy
Financial crises


Developing countries

HG1496 / .P74 2002

332.46'91724 / PRE