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Author Satyanath, Shanker, 1958-

Title Globalization, politics, and financial turmoil : Asia's banking crisis / Shanker Satyanath
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages)
Series Political economy of institutions and decisions
Political economy of institutions and decisions.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Globalization, Politics, and Financial Turmoil: Asia's Banking Crisis; 1 Introduction; 2 Bank Regulation; 3 The Signaling Argument; 4 Incredible Signaling in Democracies: The Cases of Thailand, South Korea, and the Philippines; 5 Unorthodox Solutions to the Signaling Problem: The Cases of Malaysia and Indonesia; 6 Orthodox Solutions to the Signaling Problem: The Cases of Singapore and Hong Kong; 7 Some Concluding Remarks; Appendix I The World Bank's Evaluation of Bank Regulatory Environments
Summary It focuses on the role of miscommunication in the financial crises of developing nations. By examining the determinants of Asia's financial crisis of 1997-98, it demonstrates why developing democracies are vulnerable to breakdowns in communication and outlines the disastrous consequences of such breakdowns
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-152) and index
Notes English
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Subject Banks and banking -- Asia
Capital movements -- Asia
Bank management -- Asia
Banking law -- Asia
Financial crises -- Asia
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking.
Bank management
Banking law
Banks and banking
Capital movements
Financial crises
Währungskrise
Ursache
Banking.
Movement of capital.
Financial crisis.
Asia
Asiatisch-Pazifischer Raum
Asia.
Form Electronic book
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