International financial governance under stress

International financial governance under stress

global structures versus national imperatives

Geoffrey R.D. Underhill, Xiaoke Zhang [editors]

Underhill, Geoffrey R. D.

Zhang, Xiaoke

2003

Cambridge, UK

Cambridge University Press

0-521-81732-3

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1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 395 p.)

eng

Global economic institutions

Global economic institutions

Based on an international conference held Feb. 3-5, 2000 in Amsterdam

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : global market integration, financial crises and policy imperatives / Geoffrey R.D. Underhill and Xiaoke Zhang -- Reform of the international financial architecture : what has been written? / Jonathan Story -- Costs and benefits of financial globalisation : concepts, evidence and implications / John Williamson -- Capital controls : the neglected option / Benjamin J. Cohen -- Global structures and political imperatives : in search of normative underpinnings for international financial order / Geoffrey R.D. Underhill and Xiaoke Zhang -- Crisis consequences : lessons from Thailand / Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker -- The politics of financial reform : recapitalising Indonesia's banks / Richard Robison -- South Korea and the Asian crisis : the impact of the democratic deficit and OECD accession / Stephen L. Harris -- Currency crises in Russia and other transition economies / Vladimir Popov -- Capital account convertibility and the national interest : has India got it right? / Vijay Joshi

Learning to live without the Plan : financial reform in China / Shaun Breslin -- The Asian financial crisis and Japanese policy reactions / Masayuki Tadokoro -- Private capture, policy failures and financial crisis : evidence and lessons from South Korea and Thailand / Xiaoke Zhang and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill -- Governance, markets and power : the political economy of accounting reform in Indonesia / Andrew Rosser -- The private sector, international standards and the architecture of global finance / George Vojta and Marc Uzan -- The legitimacy of international organisations and the future of global governance / Jean-Marc Coicaud and Luiz A. Pereira Da Silva -- The G-7 and architecture debates : norms, authority and global financial governance / Andrew Baker -- Bail-outs, bail-ins, and bankruptcy : evolution of the new architecture / Manmohan S. Kumar and Marcus Miller -- Conclusion : towards the good governance of the international financial system / Geoffrey R.D. Underhill and Xiaoke Zhang

The Asian and Argentinian financial crises have focused attention on the most appropriate shape and role for international and national financial institutions. This volume offers a wide-ranging overview of the problems and possible policy responses. Although the approach is multi-disciplinary, most of the contributors write from a political economy perspective

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