Global financial crises
Subtitle: lessons from recent events
By: edited by Joseph R. Bisignano, William C. Hunter, George G. Kaufman
Contributors: Bisignano, Joseph; Hunter, W. Curt; Kaufman, George G; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Bank for International Settlements
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
Subjects: Financial crises -- Congresses; Monetary policy -- Congresses; Finance -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "This book collects the papers and discussants' comments presented at a conference co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, and held in Chicago in early October 1999. The purpose of the conference was to identify and discuss the lessons to be learned from these crises.".

"Because of the timeliness of the conference and the wide-ranging expertise of the participants, the papers in this book should be of significant interest both to students of financial crises and to domestic and international policymakers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Papers presented at a conference held on Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 1999 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and co-sponsored by the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland

Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Review of recent financial crises; title: Review of policy responses; title: What have we learned from the crises and policy responses?; title: Redesign of capital regulations; title: Deposit insurance reform and moral hazard and agency problems; title: Nonbank financial institutions, too big to fail, and state ownership; title: Role of supervision and regulation; title: Future of official international organizations