Emerging Markets and Financial Globalization: Sovereign Bond Spreads in 1870-1913 and Today

by Nathan Sussman, Paolo Mauro, Yishay Yafeh

Book Overview

The frequency and virulence of recent financial crises have led to calls for reform of the current international financial architecture. In an effort to learn more about today's international financial environment, the authors turn to an earlier era of financial globalization between 1870 and 1913. By examining data on sovereign bonds issued by borrowing developing countries in this earlier period and in the present day, the authors are able to identify...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019922613X
• ISBN13: 9780199226139
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"