Foreword
THOMAS M. HOENIG
President
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
The Contributors
Symposium Summary
Opening Remarks
ALAN GREENSPAN
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Why Is Financial Stability a Goal of Public Policy?
ANDREW CROCKETT
General Manager
Bank for International Settlement
Commentary
STANLEY FISCHER
First Deputy Managing Directorz
International Monetary Fund
The Causes and Propagation of Financial Instability: Lessons for Policymakers
FREDERIC S. MISHKIN
Professor
Columbia University
Commentary
MORRIS GOLDSTEIN
Senior Fellow
Institute for International Economics
What Lessons Can Be Learned From Recent Financial Crises? The Swedish Experience
URBAN BACKSTROM
Governor
Bank of Sweden
The Argentine Experience
PEDRO POU
President
Central Bank of Argentina
The Japanese Experience
YOSHIO SUZUKI
Member
House of Representatives, Japan
Promoting Financial Stability in the Transition Economies of Central and Eastern Europe
VACLAV KLAUS
Prime Minister
Czech Republic
Managing Financial Crises in Emerging Markets
BARRY EICHENGREEN
Professor
University of California-Berkeley
RICHARD PORTES
Director
Centre for Economic Policy Research
Professor
London Business School
Commentary
JEAN-JACQUES REY
Executive Director
Bank of Belgium
Commentary
JEFFREY SACHS
Professor
Harvard University
Institutions and Policies for Maintaining Financial Stability
ROBERT E. LITAN
Director, Economic Studies
The Brookings Institute
Commentary
RANDALL S. KROSZNER
Professor
University of Chicago
Overview Panelists
MARTIN FELDSTEIN
President
National Bureau of Economic Research
EDWARD A.J. GEORGE
Governor
Bank of England
JEAN-CLAUDE TRICHET
Governor
Bank of France