Banking crises are usually followed by a decline in credit and growth. Is this because crises tend to take place during … economic downturns, or do banking sector problems have independent negative effects on the economy? To answer this question we … examine industrial sectors with differing needs for financing. If banking crises have an exogenous detrimental effect on real …

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 …

We update the widely used banking crises database by Laeven and Valencia (2008, 2010) with new information on recent … banking, currency, and sovereign debt crises during the period 1970-2011. The data show some striking differences in policy …

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 …

In episodes of significant banking distress or perceived systemic risk to the financial system, policymakers have often … restructuring programs and may increase moral hazard going forward. Using a sample of 42 episodes of banking crises, this paper …

United Kingdom, the euro area, and Japan during the recent crisis on interbank credit and liquidity risk premia …. Announcements of interest rate cuts, liquidity support, liability guarantees, and recapitalization were associated with a reduction …

arrangements were in place, which highlights the importance of building a suitable framework for preventing and managing banking …

emerging markets disaggregated by 11 banking centers. We find that bank exposures to a crisis country help predict bank flows …

When a country's banking system becomes more linked to the global banking network, does that system get more or less … prone to a banking crisis? Using model simulations and econometric estimates based on a world-wide dataset, we find an M …-shaped relationship between financial stability of a country's banking sector and its interconnectedness. In particular, for banking …