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The relationship between democracy and globalisation has been the focus of substantial policy and academic debate. Some argue that democracy and globalisation go hand in hand suggesting that unrestricted international transactions leads to increased political accountability and transparency. And, politically free societies are likely to have minimal restrictions on the mobility of goods and services across national borders. Others argue that the causal relationship should be reversed: democracies are more likely to have closed markets and vice versa. We examine these relationships between political democracy and trade and financial globalisation over the period 1870-2000 and treat both democracy and globalisation as both cause and effect. Our empirical strategy uses instrumental variables and estimates relationships using the Generalised Method of Moments framework. Our general findings support the hypothesis of a positive two-way relationship between democracy and globalisation

Professor Eichengreen has published widely on the international monetary and financial system. His books include Capital Flows and Crises, and Financial Crises and What to Do About Them. Data shows that Emerging Asia relies less on bonds and more on banks than developed countries. What costs, if any, do Asian countries incur as a result of their heavy dependence on bank finance and the underdevelopment of their bond market? Barry Eichengreen addresses the questions: what benefit

I. Background. 1 Introduction -- 2 A century of capital flows -- II. Capital account liberalization. 3 Capital account liberalization : what do the cross-country studies tell us? -- 4 When does capital account liberalization help more than it hurts? with Carlos Arteta and Charles Wyplosz -- III. Crises. 5 Exchange market mayhem : the antecedents and aftermath of speculative attacks with Andrew Rose and Charles Wyplosz -- 6 Contagious currency crises with Andrew Rose and Charles Wyplosz -- 7 The Baring crisis in a Mexican mirror -- 8 The EMS crisis in retrospect -- 9 Understanding Asia's crisis -- IV. Policy implications. 10 Capital controls : capital idea or capital folly? -- 11 Taming capital flows