TY - BOOK AU - Ed. Gup, Benton E TI - International banking crises: large-scale failures, massive government interventions SN - 978-1567202837 PY - 1999/// CY - London PB - Quorum Books KW - Banking KW - Economics KW - Banks and banking, International N1 - $75.00 N2 - The financial crises that began unexpectedly in Southeast Asia in 1997 spread rapidly around the globe, causing banks to fail, stock markets to plummet, and other news making disruptions. Gup and his contributors examine these failures and crises in the main arenas where they occurred--Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Russia, Argentina--and provide some important answers to the critical questions these frightening events raised. The result is a readable, easily grasped study of issues relating to bank failure and the effectiveness of bank regulation, and important reading for academics and pract ER -