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The Financial Crisis

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  • Stijn Claessens

    (The author is at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Amsterdam and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) UK)

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The ongoing global financial crisis is rooted in a combination of factors common to previous financial crises and some new factors. The crisis has called for revisiting monetary and fiscal policy and has brought to light a number of deficiencies in financial regulation and architecture. The global nature of the financial crisis has made clear that financially integrated markets, while offering many benefits, can also pose significant risks, with large real economic consequences. Deep reforms are therefore needed to the international financial architecture to safeguard the stability of an increasingly financial integrated world. Emerging markets and developing countries face some specific policy issues as they address institutional and development challenges.

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  • Stijn Claessens, 2010. "The Financial Crisis," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 4(2), pages 177-196, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:mareco:v:4:y:2010:i:2:p:177-196
    DOI: 10.1177/097380101000400203
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    Keywords

    Financial Crisis; Financial Architecture; Financial Reform; Emerging Markets; Developing Countries; JEL Classifications: A00; JEL Classifications: A11; JEL Classifications: A22;
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    • A00 - General Economics and Teaching - - General - - - General
    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate

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