Intro -- Contents -- Part 1: What, Why and How? -- Section 1: What Do We Mean by Economic Complexity? -- Section 2: How Do We Measure Economic Complexity? -- Section 3: Why Is Economic Complexity Important? -- Section 4: How Is Complexity Different from Other Approaches? -- Section 5: How Does...

This paper discusses the ways in which macroeconomic developments can put stress on banks, and in extreme cases lead to banking crises. These macroeconomic causes of bank vulnerability and crisis have important implications for regulatory regimes, and for macroeconomic policy itself. Much of the...