"After the financial crisis of 2007-2008, analysts continue to question the security of banking sectors in nations in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Why do such crises recur? What is it about the accumulation of bank debt that potentially jeopardizes national and global banking...

During the past two decades 130 of the 182 IMF member countries have experienced serious problems in their banking sectors or an outright banking crisis. Among the stylized facts about these crises are their often systemic nature, a pronounced boom-bust cyde and substantial financial involvement...

We use a Diamond/Dybvig-based model with two banks operating in separate regions connected by a common asset market in which banks and sophisticated depositors invest. We study the effect of a potential run (crisis) and subsequent fire sales on the asset price in both the crisis and no-crisis...

Ein entscheidendes Problem in Finanzkrisen sind die starken Vermögensverluste von Banken. Bankaktiva verlieren erheblich an Wert, man spricht hierbei von toxischen Aktiva. Staaten und Zentralbanken reagieren darauf, indem sie angeschlagene Banken beispielsweise durch die Einrichtung sogenannter...