Description

Since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, there has been heightened interest in strengthening economic and financial risk management at a national, regional, and international level. Early warning systems help detect emerging macroeconomic, financial, and corporate sector vulnerabilities and prevent financial crises in the future. This book presents the regional early earning system prototype developed by ADB.

Contents

• Foreword
• Overview
• Theories of Currency and Banking Crises: A Literature Review
• Predicting Financial Crises: An Overview
• Nonparametric EWS Models of Currency and Banking Crises for East Asia
• A Parametric EWS Model of Currency Crises for East Asia