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Trilemma and Financial Stability Configurations in Asia

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  • Aizenman, Joshua

    (Asian Development Bank Institute)

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This paper takes stock of recent research dealing with the degree to which the trilemma choices of Asian countries facilitated a smoother adjustment during the global crisis of 2008–2009, and the way the region has been coping with the adjustment to the postcrisis challenges. We point out that emerging Asia has converged to a middle ground of the trilemma configuration: limited financial integration, a degree of monetary independence, and controlled exchange rate buffered by sizable international reserves.

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Paper provided by Asian Development Bank Institute in its series ADBI Working Papers with number 317.

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Length: 26 pages
Date of creation: 02 Nov 2011
Handle: RePEc:ris:adbiwp:0317
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Keywords: trilemma choices; financial stability; global crisis 2008–2009;

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Cited by:

  1. Gan, Pei-Tha, 2014. "The precise form of financial integration: Empirical evidence for selected Asian countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 208-219.

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