Research Catalog

Title

The Asian financial crisis : origins, implications, and solutions / edited by William C. Hunter, George G. Kaufman, Thomas H. Krueger.

Publication

Boston : Kluwer Academic, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Hunter, W. Curt (William Curt)
• Kaufman, George G.
• Krueger, Thomas H., 1956-
• Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
• International Monetary Fund.

Description

xiv, 526 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Financial crises > Asia > Congresses
• International finance > Congresses
• Asia > Economic conditions > Congresses

Note

• At head of title: The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, The International Monetary Fund.
• Papers presented at a conference held on Oct. 8-10, 1998 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and co-sponsored by the International Monetary Fund.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• 1. The IMF and the Asian Crisis: A View from the Executive Board / Karin Lissakers -- 2. The Asian Financial Crisis / Michael H. Moskow -- 3. What Caused the Recent Asian Currency Crises? / Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum and Sergio Rebelo -- 4. Origins of the Crisis in Asia / Michael P. Dooley -- 5. Thoughts on the Origins of the Asian Crisis: Impulses and Propagation Mechanisms / Reuven Glick -- 6. Origins of the Asian Crisis: Discussion / Roberto Chang -- 7. Precarious Credit Equilibria: Reflections on the Asian Financial Crisis / Joseph R. Bisignano -- 8. Causes and Implications of the Asian Crisis: An Indonesian View / J. Soedradjad Djiwandono -- 9. The Korean Banking Crisis: Picking up the Pieces / William C. Hunter -- 10. Asian Currency Crisis / Desmond Lachman -- 11. Causes and Implications of the Asian Crisis / Flemming Larsen -- 12. The Yen and Boom-Bust Cycle in East Asia / Kazuo Ueda --
• 13. Causes and Implications of the Asian Crisis: The Role of Financial Sector, Domestic Policies, and Contagion / Chaiyawat Wibulswasdi -- 14. Asian Crisis: Causes and Remedies / Bijan B. Aghevli -- 15. Korea's Financial Sector Reforms / Stijn Claessens, Swati Ghosh and David Scott -- 16. Whither Thailand? / Yoshihiro Iwasaki -- 17. Comment on "Asian Crisis: Causes and Remedies" / Richard J. Herring -- 18. The East Asian Financial Crisis: A Year Later / Yung Chul Park -- 19. Removing Financial Bottlenecks to Labor Productivity in Thailand / Robert Townsend -- 20. What's Wrong with the IMF? What Would Be Better? / Allan H. Meltzer -- 21. Containing the Risks of Future Crises: Strengthening the Regulatory Framework / Tom de Swaan -- 22. Banking Fragility, Effectiveness, and Regulation in Less-Developed Countries / George J. Benston -- 23. Comments on "What's Wrong with the IMF" and "Containing the Risks" / Anil K. Kashyap --
• 24. Commentary on "What's Wrong with the IMF" and "Containing the Risks" / Carl-Johan Lindgren -- 25. Improving Transparency in Asian Banking Systems / Jerome S. Fons -- 26. Early Warning Indicators of Financial Crises / Morris Goldstein -- 27. The Asian Crises: A New Breed or Deja Vu? / Graciela L. Kaminsky -- 28. The Inevitable Perils of a Precocious Giant / John A. Wing -- 29. Banks and the Asian Crisis / Martin Mayer -- 30. The Signals Approach to Early Warning of Currency Crisis: Does It Work and Is There a Better Way? / Andrew Berg and Catherine Pattillo -- 31. Will Greater Disclosure and Transparency Prevent the Next Banking Crisis? / Eric Rosengren -- 32. Moral Hazard Is Avoidable / Charles W. Calomiris -- 33. Moral Hazard / Michael Mussa -- 34. Moral Hazard and the Role of International Rescue Programs / Pedro Pou -- 35. Moral Hazard and the Role of International Rescue Programs / Helmut Schieber -- 36. Bailing in the Private Sector / Barry Eichengreen --
• 37. Does the IMF Have a Future? What Should It Be? / Robert E. Litan -- 38. Comment on "Bailing in the Private Sector" and "Does the IMF Have a Future" / Charles A. E. Goodhart -- 39. Less Is More in the New International Financial Architecture / Randall S. Kroszner -- 40. Assessing IMF's Crisis Prevention and Management Record / Anna J. Schwartz -- 41. Lessons for the International Financial System / Manuel Guitian -- 42. Lessons from the Crisis / Everardo Elizondo -- 43. An Analysis of Financial Crisis: Lessons for the International Financial System / Richard Portes -- 44. Lessons from the Asian Crisis / Edwin M. Truman -- 45. An Analysis of Financial Crisis / Delano Villanueva -- 46. Lessons from the Asian Crisis for the International Financial System / Yukio Yoshimura -- 47. Conference Summary / George G. Kaufman.

ISBN

0792384725 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99024642

OCLC

• 41090685
• ocm41090685

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries