Financial Crises, Liquidity, and the International Monetary System, 9780691167046
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Once upon a time, economists saw capital account liberalization–the free and unrestricted flow of capital in and out of countries–as unambiguously good. Good for debtor states, good for the world economy. No longer. Spectacular banking and currency crises in recent decades have shattered the consens…

Financial Crises, Liquidity, and the International Monetary System

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    168 pages

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    31 August 2015

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Once upon a time, economists saw capital account liberalization–the free and unrestricted flow of capital in and out of countries–as unambiguously good. Good for debtor states, good for the world economy. No longer. Spectacular banking and currency crises in recent decades have shattered the consensus. In this remarkably clear and pithy volume, one of Europe’s leading economists examines these crises, the reforms being undertaken to prevent them, and how global financial institutions might…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780691167046
ISBN-10:0691167044
Author:Jean Tirole
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:168
Release Date:31 August 2015
Weight:198g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm
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Critics Review

Jean Tirole, Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics “An insightful contribution to the expanding economics research that reexamines the role of the International Monetary Fund in emerging markets and financial crises.”–Choice

About The Author

Jean Tirole

Jean Tirole, the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, is chairman of the Foundation Jean-Jacques Laffont at the Toulouse School of Economics, scientific director of Toulouse’s Industrial Economics Institute, and annual visiting professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include The Theory of Corporate Finance (Princeton), The Theory of Industrial Organization, Game Theory (with Drew Fudenberg), and A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation (with Jean-Jacques Laffont).

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