03374nam 2200589 a 450 991082020570332120240417020315.00-88132-605-4(CKB)2550000000051470(EBL)3385674(OCoLC)759158933(SSID)ssj0000537650(PQKBManifestationID)12197370(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537650(PQKBWorkID)10554240(PQKB)10123492(MiAaPQ)EBC3385674(Au-PeEL)EBL3385674(CaPaEBR)ebr10493989(EXLCZ)99255000000005147020110217d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHow Latvia came through the financial crisis[electronic resource] /Anders Åslund and Valdis Dombrovskis1st ed.Washington, D.C. Peterson Institute for International Economics20111 online resource (159 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-88132-602-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Authors' Note; About the Authors; Map; Introduction; Motivation; Key Lessons; Structure of the Book; Ch 1 Latvia's Post-Soviet Transition; A Bitter Struggle for Independence; Radical Transition to a Normal Market Economy; Evolution of Latvia's Democratic Politics; Notes; Ch 2 The Boom, 2004-07; EU Accession Crowning the Success of Transition; Capital Inflows Overheat the Economy; Politics of Complacency; Notes; Ch 3 Policy Choices and the Program of Crisis Resolution, 2008; Fall 2008: The Bubble Pops; Run on Parex Bank: Latvia Calls in the IMFThe International Assistance Package Notes; Ch 4 To Devalue or Not to Devalue; Arguments for a Fixed Exchange Rate; Arguments for Devaluation; How Latvia Differs from Argentina; The IMF Verdict; Notes; Ch 5 Implementation of the Stabilization Program, 2009; Collapse of the Godmanis Government; Formation of the Dombrovskis Government; A New Stabilization Program Takes Shape; Devaluation Crisis, But Adoption of a New Budget, June 2009; Complicated IMF-EU Negotiations; Budget for 2010; Notes; Ch 6 The Healing Begins, 2010; Estonia Qualifies for the Euro, March-June 2010October 2010 Parliamentary Elections: Popular Approval of Crisis Resolution Budget for 2011; Economic Growth Returns; Notes; Ch 7 Latvia's Lessons for Itself and the World; Why Latvia Was Right Not to Have Devalued; Latvian Peculiarities; Lessons from Latvia for the World; Eyes on the Prize: Euro Adoption and European Convergence; Notes; Leading Latvian Officials; Chronology of Events; IndexFinancial crisesLatviaGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009LatviaEconomic conditions21st centuryLatviaEconomic policy21st centuryFinancial crisesGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.330.94796/086Åslund Anders1952-556434Dombrovskis Valdis1603810MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820205703321How Latvia came through the financial crisis3928362UNINA