Financial Crises, Liquidity, and the International Monetary System

Awards:   Winner of Nobel Prize in Economics 2014
Author:   Jean Tirole
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691167046


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   23 June 2015
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  • Winner of Nobel Prize in Economics 2014

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Author:   Jean Tirole
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.198kg
ISBN:  

9780691167046


ISBN 10:   0691167044
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   23 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix 1. Emerging Markets Crises and Policy Responses 1 The pre-crisis period 1 The crisis 7 IMF reforms, regulatory changes, and private sector innovations 18 2. The Economists' Views 23 Consensus view 23 Conflicting advice and the topsy-turvy principle 29 ""Unrealistic"" encroachments on sovereignty 36 Theories 36 3. Outline of the Argument and Main Message 47 The problem of a standard borrower 48 Why is external borrowing different? 48 Institutional and policy responses to market failure 50 4. Liquidity and Risk-Management in a Closed Economy 53 Corporate financing: key organizing principles 53 Domestic liquidity provision 70 5. Identification of Market Failure: Are Debtor Countries Ordinary Borrowers? 77 The analogy and a few potential differences 77 A dual-agency perspective 81 The government's incentives 86 Discussion 88 A common-agency perspective 92 6. Implications of the Dual- and Common-Agency Perspectives 97 Implication 1: the representation hypothesis 97 Implication 2: policy analysis 102 Cross-country comparisons 108 Is there a need for an international lender of last resort? 110 7. Institutional Implications: What Role for the IMF? 113 From market failure to mission design 113 Governance 116 8. Conclusion 129 References 131 Index 145"

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


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


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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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