The Asian Financial Crisis: Causes, Contagion and Consequences

by Marcus Miller, David Vines, Axel Weber

Book Overview

Presents the first theoretical analysis of the Asian financial crisis and draws out the general lessons of an event whose potential long term effects have been likened to those of the Crash of 1929. Part I presents a factual and analytic overview of what happened: the role of 'vulnerability'; the interconnection between currency crises and financial crises; and why crisis turned into collapse. Part II considers more detailed issues, including how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521029007
• ISBN13: 9780521029001
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"