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Financial Crises, Liquidity, and the International Monetary System
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Financial Crises, Liquidity, and the International Monetary System
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jean Tirole
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:168 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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Category/Genre | International finance |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691167046
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Classifications | Dewey:332.042 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
23 June 2015 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Once upon a time, economists saw capital account liberalization--the free and unrestricted flow of capital in and out of countries--as unambiguously good. Good for debtor states, good for the world economy. No longer. Spectacular banking and currency crises in recent decades have shattered the consensus. In this remarkably clear and pithy volume, o
Author Biography
Jean Tirole, the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, is chairman of the Foundation Jean-Jacques Laffont at the Toulouse School of Economics, scientific director of Toulouse's Industrial Economics Institute, and annual visiting professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include The Theory of Corporate Finance (Princeton), The Theory of Industrial Organization, Game Theory (with Drew Fudenberg), and A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation (with Jean-Jacques Laffont).
ReviewsJean Tirole, Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics "An insightful contribution to the expanding economics research that reexamines the role of the International Monetary Fund in emerging markets and financial crises."--Choice
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