Systemic banking crises : an update /

We update the widely used banking crises database by Laeven and Valencia (2008, 2010) with new information on recent and ongoing crises, including updated information on policy responses and outcomes (i.e. fiscal costs, output losses, and increases in public debt). We also update our dating of sover...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laeven, Luc
Other Authors: Valencia, Fabian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012
Series:IMF working paper ; 12/163
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Abstract; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Banking Crises Episodes; A. Ongoing Banking Crises; Tables; 1. Systemic Banking Crises, 2007-2011; Figures; 1. Frequency of Starting Month of Banking Crises; 2. Frequency of Systemic Banking Crises Around the World, 1970-2011; B. Banking Crisis Cycles; 3. Banking Crises Cycles; III. Currency and Sovereign Debt Crisis; A. Occurrence of Twin and Triplet Crises; B. Sequencing of Financial Crises; 4. Simultaneous Crises; IV. Policy Responses and Outcomes in Banking Crises; A. Policy Response
  • 5. Timing of Currency and Sovereign Debt Crises Relative to Banking Crises6. Differences in the Mix of Crisis Policies; B. Outcomes; 7. Output Losses for Selected Crises Episodes; 2. Banking Crises Outcomes, 1970-2011; 8. Costliest Banking Crises Since 1970; 9. Fiscal Costs Relative to GDP and Financial System Assets; 3. Comparison of Market and Accounting Values of Bank Equity, end-2010; 4. Crises Outcomes and Resolution in the Euro Area and the United States; V. Conclusions; Appendix Tables; A1. Banking Crises Dates and Costs, 1970-2011
  • A2. Direct Fiscal Outlays, Recoveries to Date, and Asset Guarantees, 2007-2011A3. Systemic Banking Crises Policy Responses, 2007-2011; References