Project on Exchange Rate Crises in Emerging Markets: The Argentina Crisis

July 17, 2002

Background Papers

Ricardo Caballero and Rudi Dornbusch, MIT and NBER

Argentina: A Rescue Plan that Works

Ricardo Caballero and Rudi Dornbusch,MIT and NBER

The Battle for Argentina

Sebastian Edwards, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

This Argentine Scheme

Sebastian Edwards, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

A Simple Answer for Argentina: Follow Chile's Example

Sebastian Edwards, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

The Argentine Debt Crisis of 2001-2002:

A Chronology and Some Key Policy Issues

Martin Feldstein, Harvard University and NBER

Lessons from Argentina

Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University

Plan B: A way out for Argentina

Enrique Mendoza, Duke University and NBER

Latin American Advisor

Nouriel Roubini, New York University and NBER

Why Should the Foreign Creditors of Argentina Take a Greater Hit/haircut than the Domestic Ones: on the Economic Logic, Efficiency, Fairness and Legality of "Discriminating" Between Domestic and Foreign Debt in Sovereign Debt Restructuring

Sergio Schmukler, World Bank

Augusto de la Torre, Latin American and the Carribean Region

Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Beyond the Bipolar View: The Rise and Fall of Argentina's Currency Board

Andres Velasco, Harvard University and NBER

Argentina's Bankruptcy Foretold

Guillermo Perry and Luis Serven, World Bank

The Anatomy of a Multiple Crisis:

Why was Argentina Special and What can we Learn from it

Martin Feldstein, Harvard University and NBER

Argentina Doesn't Need the IMF

Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University

Andres Velasco, Harvard University and NBER

Hard Money's Soft Underbelly: Understanding the Argentine Crisis

Domingo Cavallo, former Economics Minister, Argentina

An Institutional Coup

Domingo Cavallo, former Economics Minister, Argentina

The Fight to Avoid Default and Preserve Convertibility

Domingo Cavallo, former Economics Minister, Argentina

Dinner Speech, July 16, 2002: Argentinean Tragedy

Arturo Porzecanski, ABN-Amro

Arturo Porzecanski's Presentation, Argentina: The Root Cause of the Disaster

Eduardo Levy-Yeyati, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Eduardo Levy-Yeyati's Presentation, Argentina

Pedro Pou, former head of central bank of Argentina

Pedro Pou's Presentation, Argentina

Anne Krueger, International Monetary Fund and NBER

Anne Krueger's Lunch Speech on Argentina

Laurence Kotlikoff, Boston University

Getting Argentina Back to the Future

Guillermo Mondino, IERAL de Fundación Mediterránea and Macrovision Consulting

Comments by Guillermo Mondino

Eduardo Levy-Yeyati, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Mario Blejer, former Governor, Central Bank of Argentina

Alejandro Henke , Central Bank of Argentina

The Argentina Crisis: Issues for Discussion

Mario Blejer, former Governor, Central Bank of Argentina

Mario Blejer's Presentation, November 19, 2002