The East Asian Crisis in Kindleberger-Minsky’s Framework

The paper reviews the 1997 East Asian crisis within the framework of the five stages of displacement, boom, overtrading, revulsion, and tranquility of the Kindleberger-Minsky model. It further notes that the recent interpretations of the crisis, based on the hypotheses of fundamental imbalances and...

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Autor: Saqib, Omar F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Brasil
Institución:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/976
Acceso en línea:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/976
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Kindleberger-Minsky model
1997 Asian currency crisis
financial contagion
Modelo Kindleberger-Minsky
crise cambial
crise asiática de 1997
contágio financeiro
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Sumario:The paper reviews the 1997 East Asian crisis within the framework of the five stages of displacement, boom, overtrading, revulsion, and tranquility of the Kindleberger-Minsky model. It further notes that the recent interpretations of the crisis, based on the hypotheses of fundamental imbalances and financial panic, conform to the stages of the Kindleberger-Minsky model. JEL Classification: F31; F32.