By analysing the macro financial determinants of the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 on 83 countries, we find that the probability of suffering the crisis in 2008 was larger for countries having higher levels of credit deposit ratio whereas it was lower for countries having higher levels of:...

We investigate the macro financial determinants of the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 using data on 83 countries from the period 1998-2006. Our results show that the probability of suffering the crisis in 2008 was larger for countries having higher levels of credit deposit ratio whereas it...

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Financial instability after the global financial crisis: taxonomy and models -- 1. The Global Financial Crisis -- 2. Minsky's financial instability hypothesis -- 3. Financial...