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Financial Liberalization and the Asian Crisis H. Chang

Financial Liberalization and the Asian Crisis By H. Chang

Financial Liberalization and the Asian Crisis by H. Chang


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It argues that the crisis was the result of premature and overly rapid financial liberalization in a world of increasing financial liquidity and volatility, and calls for a more cautious approach to financial liberalization, and a reform of the international financial architecture.

Financial Liberalization and the Asian Crisis Summary

Financial Liberalization and the Asian Crisis by H. Chang

The financial crisis that hit a number of 'miracle' economies of Asia in 1997 shocked the world. Financial Liberalization and the Asian Crisis rejects conventional explanations of the crisis as the outcome primarily of inefficient and corrupt economics systems in the countries concerned. It argues that the crisis was the result of premature and overly rapid financial liberalization in a world of increasing financial liquidity and volatility, and calls for a more cautious approach to financial liberalization, and a reform of the international financial architecture.

About H. Chang

CHRIS BAKER Freelance Researcher and Writer, Bangkok A. S. BHALLA David Thompson Senior Research Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge RONALD DORE Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics DIETER ERNST East-West Center, University of Hawaii CHALMERS JOHNSON Japan Policy Research Institute, Cardiff CA K.S. JOMO Department of Economics, University of Malaya LANCE TAYLOR New School for Social Research, New York J.A. KREGEL University of Bologna JOHN A. MATHERS Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney D. M. NACHANE University of Mumbai, India HONG-JAE PARK School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London PASUK PHONGPAICHIT Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok JONATHAN PINCUS School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London RIZAL RAMLI Economic Advisory Group, Jakarta ROBERT WADE Brown University, USA CHUL GYUE YOO Korea Long-term Credit Bank Economic Research Institute, Korea YOSHITAKA KUROSAWA Nihon University, Japan

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Introduction; H.Chang, G.Palma & D.H.Whittaker Economic Crisis in East Asia: The Clash of Capitalisms; C.Johnson Capital Market Crises: Liberalization, Fixed Exchange Rates and Market-driven Destabilization; L.Taylor Derivatives and Global Capital Flows: Applications to Asia; J.A. Kregel From 'Miracle' to 'Cronyism': Explaining the Great Asian Slump; R.Wade Thailand's Crisis: Neo-Liberal Agenda and Local Reaction; P.Phongpaichit & C.Baker Malaysian Debacle: Whose Fault?; K.S.Jomo Indonesia: From Showcase to Basket Case; J.Pincus & R.Ramli Interpreting the Korean Crisis: Financial Liberalization, Industrial Policy and Corporate Governance; H.Chang, H.Park & C.G.Yoo Fashioning a New Korean Model out of the Crisis: The Rebuilding of Institutional Capabilities; J.A.Mathews Japan's Crisis: Evolution and Implications; D.H.Whittaker & Y.Kurosawa Responses to the Crisis: Constraints to a Rapid Trade Adjustment in East Asia's Electronics Industry; D.Ernst Asian Crisis and the Future of the Japanese Model; R.Dore The Economic Impact of the Asian Crisis on India and China; A.S.Bhalla & D.M.Nachane Three and a Half Cycles of 'Mania, Panic and [Asymmetric] Crash': East Asia and Latin America Compared; G.Palma Index

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NPB9780333921586
9780333921586
0333921585
Financial Liberalization and the Asian Crisis by H. Chang
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2001-06-11
294
N/A
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