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This book explores the role of political factors in the occurrence of currency crises, using an eclectic approach that blends case studies, a rigorous theoretical discussion, and econometric analysis.
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This book cuts to the heart of the policy making process by focusing on how political factors affect exchange rate decisions. By grounding insight from economics, economic history and political science in a consistent methodological framework, the author moves beyond the narrow focus of much of current economic research to produce a compelling account of the political economy of exchange rate decision making. (Dr. Domenico Lombardi, President, The Oxford Institute for Economic Policy)
'Currency Crises are an elusive phenomenon. At times, all signs point to a storm, yet nothing happens, and at other times the ocean is flat but a crisis hits out of the blue sky. Rother appears to sympathize with Kindleberger's beautiful 'one knows a financial crisis when it happens' but he is up to more, indeed much more. Convinced that in addition to economic fundamentals politics play a decisive role in the evolution of currency crises he sets out to develop and then to test a political-economy model of a crisis predictor that may serve as an early warning system'. Michael Braulke, Professor of Economics, Universität Osnabrück, Germany.
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BJÖRN ROTHER is an Economist at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, USA and worked previously as a consultant with Mckinsey& Company Inc. He holds a Doctorate in Economics from the Free University of Berlin.
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Book Title: The Determinants of Currency Crises
Book Subtitle: A Political-Economy Approach
Authors: Björn Rother
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230233645
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Björn Rother 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22181-9Published: 17 April 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30735-7Published: 17 April 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23364-5Published: 17 April 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 188
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Comparative Politics, Economic Policy, International Political Economy, Economic History