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The Asian Financial Crisis and the Architecture of Global Finance »

Authors: Gregory W. Noble
ISBN-13: 9780521790918, ISBN-10: 0521790913
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: September 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

An examination of the political and economic causes and consequences of the Asian financial crises.

	Abbreviations	ix
	List of Figures	xi
	List of Tables	xii
	List of Contributors	xiii
	Preface	xiv
1	Causes and Consequences of the Asian Financial Crisis	1
2	Capital Flows and Crises	36
3	The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis: Korea and Thailand Compared	57
4	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Korea, Taiwan and the Asian Financial Crisis	80
5	Indonesia: Reforming the Institutions of Financial Governance?	108
6	Political Impediments to Far-reaching Banking Reforms in Japan: Implications for Asia	132
7	Dangers and Opportunities: The Implications of the Asian Financial Crisis for China	152
8	The International Monetary Fund in the Wake of the Asian Crisis	170
9	Taming the Phoenix? Monetary Governance after the Crisis	192
10	The Vagaries of Debt: Indonesia and Korea	213
11	The New International Financial Architecture and its Limits	235
	Notes	261
	Bibliography	278
	Index	299