The future of regional liquidity arrangements in East Asia: Lessons from the global financial crisis

Pacific Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-310

  Grimes, William W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Asia; Finance; Japan; Political economy; Regionalism

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; CENTRAL BANK; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GLOBAL ECONOMY; IMF; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONALISM;

CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; JAPAN; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH KOREA; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960667147     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2011.577233     Document Type: Article

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