Details
- Uses historical evidence to shed light on current global financial crises
- Applies a variety of approaches to new qualitative and quantitative data
- Engaging and original book which bridges the fields of economic history, development, and international finance exceptionally well
New to this edition
- New preface to the paperback edition
The frequency and virulence of recent financial crises have led to calls for reform of the current international financial architecture. In an effort to learn more about today's international financial environment, the authors turn to an earlier era of financial globalization between 1870 and 1913. By examining data on sovereign bonds issued by borrowing developing countries in this earlier period and in the present day, the authors are able to identify the characteristics of successful borrowers in the two periods. They are then able to show that global crises or contagion are a feature of the 1990s which was hardly known in the previous era of globalization. Finally, the authors draw lessons for today from archival data on mechanisms used by British investors in the 19th century to address sovereign defaults. Using new qualitative and quantitative data, the authors skillfully apply a variety of approaches in order to better understand how problems of volatility and debt crises are dealt with in international financial markets.
Readership: Academics and students studying economics and economic history, international organizations and investors in emerging markets.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface and Acknowledgements
1: International Capital Flows in the Previous Era of Globalization: An Overview and Outline of the Book and its Objectives
2: The London Market for Sovereign Debt, 1870-1913 versus Today's Markets
3: The Determinants of the Cost of Capital: Case Study Evidence
4: News and Sharp Changes in Bond Spreads
5: Spreads, News, and Macroeconomics: A Multivariate Regression Analysis
6: Co-movement of Spreads: Fundamentals or Investor Behavior?
7: Sovereign Defaults and the Corporation of Foreign Bondholders
8: A Few Lessons for the Future
Appendix 1: Emerging Market Bonds and Spreads, 1870-1913
Appendix 2: Macroeconomic Data Sources, 1870-1913
Bibliography
Paolo Mauro, International Monetary Fund, Nathan Sussman, The Hebrew University, and (CEPR), andYishay Yafeh, The Hebrew University, and (CEPR)
"'This meticulous and imaginative study represents a real breakthrough for our understanding of pre-First World War financial "globalization" ... essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how internationally integrated bond markets functioned in what is sometimes called (perhaps misleadingly) the world economy's "golden age"." - Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University
"'Accessible writing, elegant analysis, and profound insights - a must read for those interested in financial globalization.'" - Jeffrey G. Williamson, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Harvard University
"'The great economic histories, for example by Bairoch, Braudel, Cipolla, de Vries, and Pirenne, are full of detailed facts and broad ideas. Emerging Markets and Financial Globalization belongs in the same category (and on the same bookshelf) for a simple reason-- like the classics, you cannot pick up this volume without learning or thinking something new. Sovereign bond spreads shed great light on both how the world used to operate and where it may now be headed. The historical research of Sidney Homer on interest rates fundamentally changed how people think about bonds. The work of Mauro, Sussman, and Yafeh is likely to do the same.' " - Simon Johnson, Kurtz Professor, Sloan School of Management, MIT
"An important contribution to the study of financial globalisation Masters' programs in economics and international affairs should use this book to introduce their students to the intricacies of globalisation. It is certainly a must read for everybody interested in the field of international economics." - Journal of International Economics
