Currency Crises

André Fourçans, Professor of Economics, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France and Raphaël Franck, Tel-Hai College, Israel

'This book is a valuable contribution to the literature and it deserves the attention of those interested in the evolution of the currency crisis literature.'

• Contents: Introduction Part I: First-Generation Models of Currency Crises 1. Main Assumptions of First-Generation Models 2. Aspects of the Policymaker’s Behaviour 3. Extensions of First-Generation Models Part II: Second-Generation Models of Currency Crises 4. Self-fulfilling Expectations and the Outbreak of Currency Crises 5. Self-fulfilling Expectations and Currency Crisis Contagion 6. The Relevance of Second-Generation Models Part III: Third-Generation Models of Currency Crises 7. Economic Policy Tradeoffs and the Outbreak of Currency Crises 8. Deteriorated Fundamentals and Currency Crisis Contagion 9. Deteriorated Fundamentals and Speculators’ Expectations Part IV: Currency Crises and the International Financial System 10. The Spread of Currency Crises in Emerging Countries from 1997 to 1999: A Case Study 11. Currency Crises and Exchange Rate Regimes 12. The Role of International Financial Institutions References Index