Financial policies in emerging markets / Mario I. Blejer and Marko Škreb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bléjer, Mario I.

Skreb, Marko, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Developing countries.

Finance.

Monetary policy--Developing countries.

Monetary policy.

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 259 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An overview of the financial vulnerability of emerging market economies and how the impact of exchange rate regimes affects this vulnerability.The 1994-1995 Mexican crisis was the first in a succession of financial crises to hit emerging markets in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, and Turkey. In almost all these cases, problems in the banking sector played a key role. Any analysis of recent developments in emerging market economies must consider two questions: What is the degree of financial vulnerability in emerging market economies, and what, if any, is the connection between the exchange rate regime and financial vulnerability?This book furthers understanding of the impact of financial policies on emerging market economies. Following an introduction by the editors, the book contains two main sections. The first presents theoretical and empirical evidence on the relation between financial policy and financial vulnerability. The second considers financial policy in central and eastern Europe in terms of the euro and the European Monetary Union. Although there is no clear-cut answer to which exchange rate regime works best, the book concludes that the financial vulnerability of emerging market economies suggests the advisability of greater caution in financial system liberalization and management.

Contents:

Financial vulnerability and exchange rate in emerging markets: an overview / Mario I. Blejer and Marko Škreb

Original sin, passthrough, and fear of floating / Ricardo Hausmann, Ugo Panizza, and Ernesto Stein

Banking crises in emerging markets: presumptions and evidence / Barry Eichengreen and Carlos Arteta

International financial crises: the role of reserves and SDR allocations / J. Onno de Beaufort Wijnholds and Arend Kapteyn

The eastern enlargement of the EU and the case for unilateral Euroization / Jacek Rostowski

The costs and benefits of Euroization in Central and Eastern Europe before or instead of EMU membership / D. Mario Nuti

Currency substitution, unofficial dollarization, and estimates of foreign currency held abroad: the case of Croatia / Edgar L. Feige ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-26869-8

0-585-43682-7

OCLC:

51938530