International Banking Crises: Large-Scale Failures, Massive Government Interventions

by Benton E. Gup

The financial crises that began unexpectedly in Southeast Asia in 1997 spread rapidly around the globe, causing banks to fail, stock markets to plummet, and other newsmaking disruptions. Gup and his contributors examine these failures and crises in the main arenas where they occurred--Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Russia, Argentina--and provide some important answers to the critical questions these frightening events raised. The result is a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567202837
• ISBN13: 9781567202830
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"