Korean economic reform : before and since the 1997 crisis by Emery, Robert F. (Robert Firestone), 1927- instant download

Korean economic reform : before and since the 1997 crisis by Emery, Robert F. (Robert Firestone), 1927- instant download

xiv, 220 p. ; 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205) and index, Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction -- 2 Current Structure and Operation of the Financial System -- An Overview of the General Economic Situation -- Domestic Economic Developments -- External Sector Developments -- Korea's Financial Institutions -- The Deposit Money Banks -- Nonbank Financial Institutions -- Financial Institutions Other Than Banks and NBFIs -- Size and Relative Shares of Financial Institutions -- How Korea's Financial System Operates -- Past Monetary Policy -- Supervisory Institutions -- 3 Financial Reform Prior to the 1997 Crisis -- Financial Reform Measures During 1979-1991 -- Financial Reform Measures Prior to November 1997 -- The August 1993 Real-Name Reform -- The Presidential Advisory Council for Financial Reform -- Government Measures in 1997 to Reform the Financial -- Sector -- 4 The Basic Underlying Problems of the Economy -- Financial System Problems -- Structural Flaws in the Financial System -- Government Intrusion in the Financial System -- Management Deficiencies in the Financial System -- The Nonperforming Loans Problem -- Corporate Sector Problems -- Problems in the Nonfinancial Business Sector -- The Festering Problem of the Kia Group -- Labor and Government Sector Problems -- 5 The 1997 Crisis and the Economic Reform Program -- Causes of the Crisis -- Early Warning Signs -- A Sharp Worsening of the Financial Situation -- The Request for IMF Assistance -- The IMF/Government Economic Program -- The Ineffective December Program -- A Second Rescue in December 1997 -- Assessment of the Government's Program -- Fiscal Policy -- Privatization of Government-Owned Enterprises -- Monetary Policy -- Capital Account Liberalization -- The Unemployment Problem and the Social Safety Net -- 6 Reform and Restructuring of the Financial Sector -- Reform and Restructuring of the Banking Sector -- Banking Sector Problems at the Time of the 1997 Crisis -- The…