Globalization, Politics, and Financial Turmoil: Asia's Banking Crisis [Hardcover]

This book focuses on the role of miscommunication in the devastating financial crises of some developing nations.In a world where capital moves freely across national borders, developing countries have increasingly been subjected to devastating financial crises caused by the sudden withdrawal of foreign capital. How do such cirses come about? This book focuses on a novel causal path, that of miscommunication. By examining the determinants of Asia's financial crisis of 1997- 98, it demonstrates why developing democracies are exceptionally vulnerable to breakdowns in communication between financial officials and the chief executive and outlines the disastrous consequences of such breakdowns.In a world where capital moves freely across national borders, developing countries have increasingly been subjected to devastating financial crises caused by the sudden withdrawal of foreign capital. How do such cirses come about? This book focuses on a novel causal path, that of miscommunication. By examining the determinants of Asia's financial crisis of 1997- 98, it demonstrates why developing democracies are exceptionally vulnerable to breakdowns in communication between financial officials and the chief executive and outlines the disastrous consequences of such breakdowns.In a world where capital moves freely across national borders, developing countries have increasingly been subjected to devastating financial crises caused by the sudden withdrawal of foreign capital. How do such crises develop? This book focuses on a novel causal path: that of miscommunication. By examining the determinants of Asia's financial crisis of 1997-98, it demonstrates why developing democracies are exceptionally vulnerable to breakdowns in communication between financial officials and the chief executive and outlines the disastrous consequences of such breakdowns.1. Introduction; 2. Bank regulation in the debate over capital flow liberalization; 3. The signaling argument; 4. Incredible signall£Ð