Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I - Early Rumblings -- Introduction to Part I -- 1 Capital Inflows and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation in Latin America: The Role of External Factors - Guillermo A. Calvo, Leonardo Leiderman, and Carmen M. Reinhart -- 2 Capital Inflows to Latin America:...

We offer an alternative explanation for t he fall of Argentina's Convertibility Program based on the country's vulnerability to Sudden Stops in capital flows. Sudden Stops are typically accompanied by a substantial increase in the real exchange rate that wreaks havoc in countries that are...