financial

Question 1 a) The institutional structure of debt markets in emerging market countries interacts with the currency devaluations to propel the economies into full-fledged financial crises. Economists often call a concurrent currency crisis and financial crisis as the "twin crises". Many firms in these emerging market countries have debt denominated in foreign currency like the dollar and yen. Depreciation of their currencies thus results in increases in their indebtedness in domestic currency terms, even though the value of their assets remained unchanged. Why does the "twin crises" phenomenon of currency and banking crises occur in emerging market country like Malaysia? (4 Marks) (4 Marks) b) How can a currency crisis lead to higher interest rates? c) The analysis of how asymmetric information problems can generate an adverse selection and moral hazard problems are called agency theory in the academic finance literature. Agency theory provides the basis for defining a financial crisis. Contrast the dynamics of financial crises in advanced economies and in emerging countries on how these financial crises unfold over time. (6 Marks) (Total :14 Marks)