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International Financial Contagion
. Ed(S): Claessens, Stijn; Forbes, Kristin
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Description for International Financial Contagion
Hardback. A selection of the papers which serve as a volume describing financial contagion. They include survey articles and policy discussions, as well as theoretical models and empirical analyses. Topics include how to define contagion, and the importance of real versus financial linkages. Editor(s): Claessens, Stijn; Forbes, Kristin. Num Pages: 466 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 832.
No sooner had the Asian crisis broken out in 1997 than the witch-hunt started. With great indignation every Asian economy pointed fingers. They were innocent bystanders. The fundamental reason for the crisis was this or that - most prominently contagion - but also the decline in exports of the new commodities (high-tech goods), the steep rise of the dollar, speculators, etc. The prominent question, of course, is whether contagion could really have been the key factor and, if so, what are the channels and mechanisms through which it operated in such a powerful manner. The question is obvious because until ... Read more
No sooner had the Asian crisis broken out in 1997 than the witch-hunt started. With great indignation every Asian economy pointed fingers. They were innocent bystanders. The fundamental reason for the crisis was this or that - most prominently contagion - but also the decline in exports of the new commodities (high-tech goods), the steep rise of the dollar, speculators, etc. The prominent question, of course, is whether contagion could really have been the key factor and, if so, what are the channels and mechanisms through which it operated in such a powerful manner. The question is obvious because until ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
Number of Pages
466
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792372851
SKU
V9780792372851
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Reviews for International Financial Contagion
`It is difficult to avoid being impressed by the very high level of quality in this research collection. For those who attended the conference meetings, this comes as no surprise since the atmosphere was wonderfully dynamic and full of tough give and take. That flavor is not lost in this more formal rendition. Before this ... Read more