Capital account liberalization and its role in Thailand's currency crisis.

• Main Author: Hu, Chia Chih.
• Other Authors: Chen, Kang
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Capital market
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/7340
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Based on the literature on the pros and cons of capital account liberalization, this paper centers on its role in Thailand's currency crisis. Thailand's currency crisis was caused by the weakness on two main categories: external factors and unsound macroeconomic policies. Under these weakn...