Intertwined Sovereign and Bank Solvencies in a Model of Self-Fulfilling Crisis

 
Author/Editor: Adler, Gustavo
 
Publication Date: July 01, 2012
 
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Summary: Large fiscal financing needs, both in advanced and emerging market economies, have often been met by borrowing heavily from domestic banks. As public debt approached sustainability limits in a number of countries, however, high bank exposure to sovereign risk created a fragile inter-dependence between fiscal and bank solvency. This paper presents a simple model of twin (sovereign and banking) crisis that stresses how this interdependence creates conditions conducive to a self-fulfilling crisis.
 
Series: Working Paper No. 12/178
Subject(s): Banks | Financial crisis | Fiscal risk | Public debt | Sovereign debt

Author's Keyword(s): Banking crisis | sovereign debt crisis | twin crisis.
 
English
Publication Date: July 01, 2012
Format: Paper
Stock No: WPIEA2012178 Pages: 28
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