Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Edwards, Sebastian / Frankel, Jeffrey A. -- I. The Current Account and Vulnerability to Crisis -- 1. Does the Current Account Matter? / Edwards, Sebastian / Werner, Alejandro M. -- 2. Are Trade Linkages Important Determinants of Country Vulnerability to Crises? / Forbes, Kristin J. / Sturzenegger, Federico -- II. International Financial Players and Contagion -- 3. What Hurts Emerging Markets Most? / Reinhart, Carmen M. / Reinhart, Vincent Raymond / Aizenman, Joshua -- 4 When Is U.S. Bank Lending to Emerging Markets Volatile? / Goldberg, Linda S. / Johnson, Simon / Johnson, Simon -- 5. The Role of Large Players in Currency Crises / Corsetti, Giancarlo / Pesenti, Paolo / Roubini, Nouriel / Ventura, Jaume -- 6. Contagion / Rigobon, Roberto / Mendoza, Enrique G. -- 7. Credit, Prices, and Crashes / Mendoza, Enrique G. / Aizenman, Joshua -- III. Capital Controls -- 8. Did the Malaysian Capital ControlsWork? / Kaplan, Ethan / Rodrik, Dani / Rojas-Suarez, Liliana -- 9. Malaysia's Crisis / Dornbusch, Rudi / Dooley, Michael P. -- IV. Balance Sheets and "Crony Capitalism" -- 10. Negative Alchemy? / Wei, Shang-Jin / Wu, Yi / Feldstein, Martin -- 11. Domestic Bank Regulation and Financial Crises / Dekle, Robert / Kletzer, Kenneth / Pesenti, Paolo -- 12. Dollarization of Liabilities, Net Worth Effects, and Optimal Monetary Policy / Céspedes, Luis Felipe / Chang, Roberto / Velasco, Andrés -- 13. Chaebol Capitalism and the Currency-Financial Crisis in Korea / Krueger, Anne O. / Yoo, Jungho -- 14. Living with the Fear of Floating / Lahiri, Amartya / Végh, Carlos A. / Borensztein, Eduardo / Roubini, Nouriel -- 15. Policy in an Economy with Balance Sheet Effects / Tornell, Aaron / Calomiris, Charles W. -- V. Overview -- 16. A Primer on Emerging-Market Crises / Dornbusch, Rudi -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index