Banks on the Brink: Global Capital, Securities Markets, and the Political Roots of Financial Crises

by David A. Singer and Mark Copelovitch

This innovative analysis investigates a complex issue of tremendous economic and political importance: what makes some countries vulnerable to banking crises, while others emerge unscathed? Banks on the Brink explains why some countries are more vulnerable to banking crises than others. Copelovitch and Singer highlight the effects of two variables in combination: foreign capital inflows and the relative prominence of securities markets in the domestic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108489885
• ISBN13: 9781108489881
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"