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The soaring volume of international finance and increased interdependence in recent decades has increased concerns about volatility and threats of a financial crisis. This has led many to investigate and analyze the origins, transmission, effe ....

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... MARKETS In this section I examine four interpretations of how financial instability arises. The first interpretation deals with speculation and the subsequent “bandwagoning” in financial markets. The second is a political interpretation dealing with the declining status of a hegemonic anchor of the financial system. The question of whether regulation causes or mitigates financial instability is raised by the third interpretation; while the fourth view deals with the “trigger point” phenomena. To fully comprehend these interpretations we must first understand and differentiate between a “currency” and “contagion” crisis. A curren ...