The countries that have the least attracted external savings have registered highest growth rates over the past two decades. This paradox can be explained by an underestimation of macro-economic mechanisms induced by the inflow of capital: the external liquidity excess may require a tightening...

This book is an up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the key issues and challenges facing regional currency area projects in the context of financial globalization. The authors focus on several central issues that emerged during the experiences of the 1990s and 2000s: exchange...

We analyse the determinants of banks' balance-sheet and leverage-ratio dynamics and their role in increasing financial fragility. Our results are twofold. First, we show that there is a value of bank's leverage that minimises financial fragility. Second, we show that this value depends on the...