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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Borrowers, Investors, and National Institutions""; ""3. Domestic Policy, State Institutions, and Financial Globalization""; ""4. Global Capital Markets and the Command Economies""; ""5. Sinking or Swimming in a Global Capital Pool""; ""6. Risk, Uncertainty, and Borrowing in Global Capital Markets""; ""7. Political Contributions to Risk, Uncertainty, and Borrowing""; ""8. Conclusion""; ""Appendixes""; ""A. Filling in the Gaps""; ""B. Data Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index

Featuring contributions by experts from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds including economics, political science and law, this edited volume offers a timely examination of the complexities surrounding modern globalization.