Emerging Capital Markets in Turmoil Bad Luck or Bad Policy?

Name: Emerging Capital Markets in Turmoil Bad Luck or Bad Policy?
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ISBN: 9780262033343

ISBN-10: 0262033348

ISBN-13: 9780262033343

Edition: 2005

Authors: Guillermo A. Calvo

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Since the mid-1990s, emerging market economies have been hit by dramatic highs and lows: lifted by large capital inflows, then plunged into chaos by constrained credit and out-of-control exchange rates. The conventional wisdom about such crises is strongly influenced by the experience of advanced economies. In Emerging Capital Markets in Turmoil, Guillermo Calvo examines these issues instead from the perspective of emerging market economies themselves, taking into account the limitations and vulnerabilities these economies confront. A succession of crises -- Mexico in 1994-5, East Asia in 1997, Russia in 1998, and Argentina in 2001 -- prompted an urgent search in economic policy circles…

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List price: $10.75
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/23/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 564
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Guillermo A. Calvo is Distinguished University Professor and the Director of the Center for International Economics at the University of Maryland. Since 2001 he has served as Chief Economist and Manager of the Research Department at the Inter-American Development Bank. He is the author of Money, Exchange Rates, and Output (MIT Press, 1996).



Preface


Introduction



Early Rumblings


Introduction to Part I



Capital Inflows and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation in Latin America: The Role of External Factors




Capital Inflows to Latin America: The 1970s and 1990s




The Beast Awakens


Introduction to Part II



Capital Flows and Macroeconomic Management: Tequila Lessons



Petty Crime and Cruel Punishment: Lessons from the Mexican Debacle




Capital Market Contagion and Recession: An Explanation of the Russian Virus



Sudden Stops, the Real Exchange Rate, and Fiscal Sustainability: Argentina's Lessons




In Search of a Theory


Introduction to Part III



Varieties of Capital-Market Crises



Uncertain Duration of Reform: Dynamic Implications




Capital Flows and Capital-Market Crises: The Simple Economics of Sudden Stops



Rational Contagion and the Globalization of Securities Markets




Balance-of-Payments Crises in Emerging Markets: Large Capital Inflows and Sovereign Governments



Contagion in Emerging Markets: When Wall Street Is a Carrier



Explaining Sudden Stop, Growth Collapse, and BOP Crisis: The Case of Distortionary Output Taxes



The Exchange Rate and All That


Introduction to Part IV



Fixing for Your Life




Capital Markets and the Exchange Rate with Special Reference to the Dollarization Debate in Latin America



Fear of Floating




The Mirage of Exchange Rate Regimes for Emerging Market Countries




Parting Shots



Globalization Hazard and Delayed Reform in Emerging Markets



Sudden Stop, Contractionary Devaluation, and Time Inconsistency


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Index