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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462679703321

Titolo

A tale of two crises : a multidisciplinary analysis / / edited by Seetharam Kallidaikurichi E

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08123-4

1-299-16074-3

1-136-17241-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SeetharamKallidaikurichi

Disciplina

330.95

Soggetti

Financial crises - Asia - History - 20th century

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 - Government policy - Asia

Mass media in economic development - Asia

Electronic books.

Asia Economic conditions 21st century

Asia Economic policy 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reflections on the Asian and sub-prime crises / Charles Adams -- Putting the politics back in : financial crises in comparative perspective / Mark Beeson -- Social origins of financial crises / Kurtulus Gemici -- The legal framework and its efficacy / Stanley Siegel -- Regulatory framework : the winning/losing architecture / Lan Luh Luh and Hans Tjio -- Role of International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Asian Development Bbank in tackling financial crises in Asia / Sanja Samirana Pattnayak and Alka Chadha -- Islamic banking : what can we learn? / Tarek Coury -- How the media shapes perceptions and fuels psychology in financial crises / Thomas Oberlechner -- Conclusion / Divya Sunder Ramchand.

Sommario/riassunto

Some analysts looked at the 1997/98 East Asian crisis not as one crisis but as a combination of crises, beginning with a crisis of confidence and evolving into a currency crisis, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, a social crisis and a political crisis. This book is a multidisciplinary study of financial crises, in particular, the Asian crisis of 1997 and the



more recent global financial crisis of 2008. Looking at financial crises not as one crisis, but as a combination of crises beginning with a crisis of confidence, this study steps out of the traditional mould and exam