A Conference Presented by the Latin America Research Group
Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
November 1-2, 2001
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Stephen Kay and Elizabeth McQuerry
INTRODUCTION
Michael J. Chriszt
Session 1: Theoretical Issues
CAPITAL FLOWS TO LATIN AMERICA: NEW ISSUES AND OLD CONCERNS
Eduardo Fernández-Arias and Ugo Panizza
MEASURING FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION IN LATIN AMERICA: AN INDEX OF BANKING ACTIVITY
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli and Elizabeth McQuerry
COMMENTS
Susan Minushkin
Jorge Desormeaux
Session 2: Banking Sector Issues
THE ARGENTINE FINANCIAL SYSTEM IN THE NINETIES
Miguel A. Kiguel
THE EMERGING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR DOMESTIC FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE
José María Fanelli and Rohinton Medhora
THE BANKING SYSTEM AND CREDIT IN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, AND MEXICO: THE CHALLENGES OF STABILITY AND GROWTH
Rogério Studart
COMMENTS
Martín Naranjo
Alejandro Werner
Session 3: Financial Market Questions
RESISTING AND RECOVERING FROM CRISES: LESSONS FROM BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA
William C. Gruben and John H. Welch
THE PAST AND THE FUTURE OF DOMESTIC FINANCIAL MARKETS IN LATIN AMERICA
Fernando Lefort and Eduardo Walker
COMMENTS
Arturo Porzecanski
Gerald P. Dwyer Jr.
Session 4: Policy Roundtable on Monetary and Regulatory Policy in an Era of Global Markets
INTRODUCTION
Robert A. Eisenbeis
PARTICIPANTS
Ilan Goldfajn
Liliana Rojas-Suarez
Nouriel Roubini
Leonardo Villar Gómez
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Introduction: Jack Guynn
Speech: Ricardo López Murphy
ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND SPEAKERS
SELECTED RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY
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