The management of financial crises in emerging markets is a vital and high-stakes challenge in an increasingly global economy. For this reason, it's also a highly contentious issue in today's public policy circles. In this book, leading economists-many of whom have also participated in policy...

The 2008 financial crisis has highlighted the challenges associated with global financial integration and has emphasized the importance of macro financial linkages. Specifically it has shown how real (business cycles) can interact with and be amplified by the financial sector, resulting in high...

The specificity of the current crisis / Alexandre Lamfalussy -- Causes, effets et leçons de la crise financière / Jean De Ruyt -- La crise financière de 2008 : une perspective historique / Youssef Cassis -- La faute à Voltaire ou à Rousseau? : la responsabilité des banques et des...