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IMF Lending and Banking Crises

By Luca Papi, Andrea F Presbitero, Alberto Zazzaro

January 26, 2015

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Luca Papi, Andrea F Presbitero, and Alberto Zazzaro. IMF Lending and Banking Crises, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed September 20, 2024
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Summary

This paper looks at the effects of International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending programs on banking crises in a large sample of developing countries, over the period 1970-2010. The endogeneity of the IMF intervention is addressed by adopting an instrumental variable strategy and a propensity score matching estimator. Controlling for the standard determinants of banking crises, our results indicate that countries participating in IMF-supported lending programs are significantly less likely to experience a future banking crisis than nonborrowing countries. We also provide evidence suggesting that compliance with conditionality and loan size matter.

Subject: Banking crises, Currency crises, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Loans, Systemic crises

Keywords: Banking crises, Banking crisis, Conditionality, Currency crises, Global, IMF activity, IMF arrangement, IMF emergency liquidity provision, IMF intervention, IMF loan agreement, IMF presence, IMF program, IMF programs, IMF rescue package, IMF support, Lending arrangement, Liquidity provision, Loans, Political economy, Systemic crises, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    56

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2015/019

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2015019

  • ISBN:

    9781484308691

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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