Currency Crises in Emerging Markets

Currency Crises in Emerging Markets is a book edited by Marek Dabrowski and published by the Kluwer Academic Publishers in March 2003. The volume contains part of the results of the research project on 'Analysis of the Causes and Course of Currency Crises in Asian, Latin American and CEE Countries: Lessons for Poland and Other Transition Countries', financed by the State Committee for Scientific Research.

The volume discusses various aspects of currency crises in emerging-market economies: The definitions and theoretical models of currency crises, the causes, management and propagation (contagion effect) of crises, their economic, social and policy consequences, the role of international financial institutions, and crisis prevention. In addition, five case studies of currency crises in Central and Eastern Europe are presented.
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