Economic Crises: Evidence and Insights from East Asia
Brookings Papers on Economic ActivityPublished 1 January 1998Open access
Jason Furman, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Barry Bosworth, Steven Radelet
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Presents information on the financial crisis in East Asia. Causes of the crisis; Contrasting perspectives on East Asia's miracle and crisis; Economic impact of the financial and capital account liberalization of the 1980s to East Asia.
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