The Korean Economy Beyond the Crisis

Edited by Duck-Koo Chung, Professor, Graduate School of International Studies and Director, Research Center for International Finance, Seoul National University, South Korea, Former Vice Minister of Finance and Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy of Korea and Currently Visiting Professor, Beijing University, China and Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, US. More than five years have passed since South Korea fell prey to the Asian financial crisis. Bringing together experts from Korea and a variety of other countries, this book aims to better understand the three stages of the Korean crisis: the onset, the policy reaction, and the economic response.