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The Baring Crisis in a Mexican Mirror

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Conventional wisdom has it that the Mexican crisis of 1994-95 was "the first financial crisis of the 21st century." In this paper I argue that it may be better understood as the last financial crisis of the 19th. The crisis in Mexico exhibits striking similarities to the Baring Crisis of 1890, an event that did much to shape modern opinion about the causes and consequences of financial crises and the role for official management.

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  • Eichengreen, Barry, 1997. "The Baring Crisis in a Mexican Mirror," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt81j7s02s, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
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    Baring Crisis; Mexico; Argentina; foreign investment; international economics;
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    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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