Capital Flows and Financial Crises: Theory versus Reality.(Brief Article)(Review)

From: Atlantic Economic Journal | Date: March 1, 2001| Author: BENZING, CYNTHIA | Copyright information

Capital Flows and Financial Crises

Edited by Miles Kahler

Cornell University Press, 1998, 268 pp.

The book Capital Flows and Financial Crises contains nine scholarly essays written by authors such as Barry Eichengreen, Albert Fishlow, Carmen M. Reinhart, Vincent Raymond Reinhart, and Jeffrey D. Sachs. The essays are grounded in reality and include a detailed review of capital control usage in emerging countries. Four of the essays are case studies ...

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