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This paper studies why currency and monetary shock hit Indonesia's economy and banking sector so severely and the … measures that were taken to deal with the banking crisis, the lessons learned, and challenges faced in restructuring and … strengthening the banking system. The vulnerable state of the banking sector, in combination with exchange rate and interest rate …
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This paper presents a new database of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2009. While there are many …
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This paper discusses key findings of the financial sector stability assessment for Romania. The assessment reveals that in recent years, Romania’s financial sector regulatory authorities have made significant progress in adopting international best practices, including through...
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respond in a timely manner and efficiently enough to prevent the escalation of the banking crisis and spurred the adoption of … worsening the solvency of banks. These three factors reinforced each other, exacerbating costs as the economy went through a … triple banking, currency, and fiscal crisis. …
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Many empirical studies of banking crises have employed "banking crisis" (BC) indicators constructedusing primarily … information on government actions undertaken in response to bank distress. Weformulate a simple theoretical model of a banking …
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The purpose of this paper is to study the origins of banking crises in sub-Saharan Africa, drawing upon the experience … these crises. The conclusions underscore that the banking crises examined did not represent an entirely special case … several of their features were nonetheless specific to this part of the world. These banking crises were the very prototype of …
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The increased presence of foreign banks in a country's domestic banking system necessitates the development of … challenges which foreign banks bring to emerging market banking supervisors are also discussed. The paper also provides surveys … supervision, quality of home-country supervision, memoranda of understanding (MOUs), and "ringfencing" of banks. A number of …
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This article is an overview of existing deposit insurance in the European Union. There are various national deposit schemes that form the source of insurance. The schemes come up with various coverage, contributions, and fund sizes. The recent financial crisis has brought about a change in the...
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This simulation-based paper investigates the impact of different methods of dynamic provisioning on bank soundness and shows that this increasingly popular macroprudential tool can smooth provisioning costs over the credit cycle and lower banks’ probability of default. In addition, the...
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This paper argues that an optimal deposit insurance scheme would allow the level of insurance coverage to be determined by the market. Based on this principle, the paper proposes an insurance scheme that minimizes distortions and embodies fairness and credibility, two essential characteristics...
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