Introduction : our message and methods -- What is the problem? -- Why protection is costly -- How pervasive is TBTF? -- Why protect TBTF creditors? -- The growth of TBTF protection -- Testing our thesis : the cases of not too big to fail -- Can the problem be addressed? -- Creating the necessary...

In the wake of the global liberalization of financial and currency markets in the 1970s and 1980s, currency substitution has given rise to increasing policy concern. In developing countries, this phenomenon mainly results from the flight out of the domestic currency as a reaction to...