The Korean Economy Beyond the Crisis - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843766035 ISBN 13: 9781843766032

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

More than five years have passed since South Korea fell prey to the Asian financial crisis. Bringing together experts from Korea and a variety of other countries, this book aims to better understand the three stages of the Korean crisis: the onset, the policy reaction, and the economic response.

Providing an integrated analysis of the event and its consequences, the chapters in the book consider the causes of the crisis, the response of the U.S. government and International Monetary Fund, adjustments in the Korean monetary and fiscal policies, and the success of financial and corporate restructuring. The concluding chapters bring the story up to date, describing the aftermath of the crisis and assessing whether there has been sufficient reform to facilitate the country’s recovery and growth.

International and also Asian economists will find this a thoroughly accessible and illuminating book, as will specialists on Korea, political scientists and political economists.

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About the Author:

Edited by Duck-Koo Chung, Professor, Graduate School of International Studies and Director, Research Center for International Finance, Seoul National University, South Korea, Former Vice Minister of Finance and Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy of Korea and Currently Visiting Professor, Beijing University, China and Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1843766035
• ISBN 13: 9781843766032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Chung Duck-Koo, Eichengreen Barry