Crises financeira nos anos 1990 e poupança externa

Differently of what says conventional economic analysis, the cause of the 1990s financial crises in Mexico, Asia, Brazil and Argentina was not primarily fiscal, but the decision of governments to grow with foreign savings, i.e., with current account deficits. These were balance of payment crises tri...

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Autor: Bresser-Pereira, Luiz Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional do FGV (FGV Repositório Digital)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/2168
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10438/2168
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Financial crisis
Balance of payment crisis
Foreign savings
Exchange rate
Economia
Crise financeira
Poupança
Taxas de câmbio
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Sumario:Differently of what says conventional economic analysis, the cause of the 1990s financial crises in Mexico, Asia, Brazil and Argentina was not primarily fiscal, but the decision of governments to grow with foreign savings, i.e., with current account deficits. These were balance of payment crises triggered by a overvalued local currency and the high level of the foreign debt and/or the fast growth of the current account deficit. Given that, foreign creditors suddenly become persuaded that the country does not face just a liquidity but a solvency problem, and stop rolling over the debt. An econometric test substantiates these claims