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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... chapter 2; on Malaysia and Singapore, Linda Low, who coauthored Appendix 2.1; and on social issues, Nancy Birdsall, who helped me think through the social dimensions of the crisis and co-authored chapter 5. I also learned much from a ...
... chapter 2; on Malaysia and Singapore, Linda Low, who coauthored Appendix 2.1; and on social issues, Nancy Birdsall, who helped me think through the social dimensions of the crisis and co-authored chapter 5. I also learned much from a ...
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... (chapter 2). Contrary to defenders of ''Asian values,'' nondemocratic governments had no apparent advantages over democratic ones in adjusting to the crisis, and a number of disadvantages. These included arbitrary actions on the part of ...
... (chapter 2). Contrary to defenders of ''Asian values,'' nondemocratic governments had no apparent advantages over democratic ones in adjusting to the crisis, and a number of disadvantages. These included arbitrary actions on the part of ...
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... (chapter 6). The. Debate. over. Causes: A. Brief. Intellectual. History. The Asian financial crisis unfolded in several overlapping phases, beginning in Thailand and spreading first to other Southeast Asian countries. A convenient date for ...
... (chapter 6). The. Debate. over. Causes: A. Brief. Intellectual. History. The Asian financial crisis unfolded in several overlapping phases, beginning in Thailand and spreading first to other Southeast Asian countries. A convenient date for ...
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... relationships rather than cash flow; see chapter 1. 6 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS 6. A number of political scientists and political economists did Institute for International Economics | http://www.iie.com.
... relationships rather than cash flow; see chapter 1. 6 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS 6. A number of political scientists and political economists did Institute for International Economics | http://www.iie.com.
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... chapter 2, the onset of the crisis was preceded by a period of substantial uncertainty about the course of government policy in South Korea and Thailand; similar periods of uncertainty followed the collapse of the currency in all four ...
... chapter 2, the onset of the crisis was preceded by a period of substantial uncertainty about the course of government policy in South Korea and Thailand; similar periods of uncertainty followed the collapse of the currency in all four ...
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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administrative Anwar Asia ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS assets authoritarian banking sector bankruptcy billion bumiputra business-government relations capital central bank chaebol chapter Chinese Chuan CLOB coalition controls corporate governance corporate restructuring corruption countries country’s crises CRISIS MANAGEMENT Danaharta debt democracies democratic Development Eastern Economic Review ECONOMIC REFORM effects efforts elections electoral finance companies financial and corporate financial institutions financial sector firms fiscal foreign funds Golkar government’s groups growth Habibie Hanbo IBRA important incentives increase INCUMBENT GOVERNMENTS Indonesia industrial initial interest investment investors issues Jomo Kim Dae Jung Kim Young Kim Young Sam labor legislative liberalization Mahathir Malaysia ment moral hazard National opposition particularly party percent Philippines POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL ECONOMY president private sector problems recapitalization region regulatory Renong ringgit risk role rule share social contract South Korea state-owned strategy substantial Suharto Table Thai Thailand tion transparency UMNO urban vulnerable World Bank