@techreport{NBERw6390, title = "International Capital Movements, Financial Volatility and Financial Instability", author = "Frederic S. Mishkin", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "6390", year = "1999", month = "August", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w6390", abstract = {This lecture outlines an asymmetric information theory of financial instability which describes the fundamental forces which harm both the financial sector and economic activity. This asymmetric information framework is then used to demonstrate that although international capital movements and financial volatility can play a role in destabilizing the economy is frequently overstated.}, }