The East Asian Crisis in Kindleberger-Minsky’s Framework

Abstract

The paper reviews the 1997 East Asian crisis within the framework of the five stages of displacement, boom, overtrading, revulsion, and tranquility of the Kindleberger-Minsky model. It further notes that the recent interpretations of the crisis, based on the hypotheses of fundamental imbalances and financial panic, conform to the stages of the Kindleberger-Minsky model.

JEL Classification: F31; F32.