The Political Economy of the Asian Financial CrisisColumbia University Press, 1 ott 2010 - 304 pagine The Asian crisis has sparked a thoroughgoing reappraisal of current international financial norms, the policy prescriptions of the International Monetary Fund, and the adequacy of the existing financial architecture. To draw proper policy conclusions from the crisis, it is necessary to understand exactly what happened and why from both a political and an economic perspective. In this study, renowned political scientist Stephan Haggard examines the political aspects of the crisis in the countries most affected—Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Haggard focuses on the political economy of the crisis, emphasizing the longer-run problems of moral hazard and corruption, as well as the politics of crisis management and the political fallout that ensued. He looks at the degree to which each government has rewoven the social safety net and discusses corporate and financial restructuring and greater transparency in business-government relations. Professor Haggard provides a counterpoint to the analysis by examining why Singapore, Taiwan, and the Philippines escaped financial calamity. |
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Pagina viii
... Thailand South Korea Malaysia Indonesia Conclusion Appendix 2.1: The Political Economy of Malaysia's Capital Controls 3 Crisis, Political Change, and Economic Reform Thailand South Korea Malaysia Indonesia Conclusion Appendix 3.1: Two ...
... Thailand South Korea Malaysia Indonesia Conclusion Appendix 2.1: The Political Economy of Malaysia's Capital Controls 3 Crisis, Political Change, and Economic Reform Thailand South Korea Malaysia Indonesia Conclusion Appendix 3.1: Two ...
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... Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Korea. He notes that the nature of business-government relations in East Asia had troubling as well as beneficial aspects. The problem was not so much industrial policy, as traditionally ...
... Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Korea. He notes that the nature of business-government relations in East Asia had troubling as well as beneficial aspects. The problem was not so much industrial policy, as traditionally ...
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... Thailand and spreading first to other Southeast Asian countries. A convenient date for its onset is 2 July 1997, when the Thai baht was allowed to float. On 11 July, the Philippines followed suit, and for the remainder of the year, all ...
... Thailand and spreading first to other Southeast Asian countries. A convenient date for its onset is 2 July 1997, when the Thai baht was allowed to float. On 11 July, the Philippines followed suit, and for the remainder of the year, all ...
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... Thailand. But South Korea shows a slight undervaluation using the same measure, and if deviations from a purchasing power parity rate are considered, the extent of overvaluation in Thailand is nearly halved, and Indonesia shows up as ...
... Thailand. But South Korea shows a slight undervaluation using the same measure, and if deviations from a purchasing power parity rate are considered, the extent of overvaluation in Thailand is nearly halved, and Indonesia shows up as ...
Pagina 6
... Thailand begat Indonesia and Malaysia; Taiwan's devaluation begat the market meltdown in Hong Kong in late October; and that meltdown begat South Korea, which in turn resonated back through the Southeast Asian markets at the end of ...
... Thailand begat Indonesia and Malaysia; Taiwan's devaluation begat the market meltdown in Hong Kong in late October; and that meltdown begat South Korea, which in turn resonated back through the Southeast Asian markets at the end of ...
Sommario
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2 Incumbent Governments and the Politics of Crisis Management | 47 |
Ch 3 Crisis Political Change and Economic Reform | 86 |
Ch 4 The Politics of Financial and Corporate Restructuring | 139 |
Safety Nets and Recrafting the Social Contract | 183 |
A New Asian Miracle | 217 |
References | 239 |
Index | 255 |
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