Fiscal Vulnerability and Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies
May 23, 2003
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Fiscal problems have long been considered a central feature of financial--that is, currency, debt, and banking--crises. This paper addresses four questions: What are the fiscal causes of crises? Which fiscal vulnerability indicators help to predict crises? Can fiscal variables explain the severity of crises? And what are the fiscal consequences of crises? Its findings are based on statistical analysis of a large data set of fiscal variables for 29 emerging market economies over 1970-2000 and detailed case studies of 11 emerging market crises during the 1990s that focus on structural and institutional dimensions of fiscal vulnerability.
Subject: Banking crises, Currency crises, Early warning systems, Financial crises, Fiscal policy, Public debt
Keywords: Africa, Banking crises, country case studies, crisis, Currency crises, debt, debt crisis, debt variable, deficit, emerging market crisis, Global, OP, short-term debt, vulnerability indicator
Pages:
131
Volume:
2003
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Issue:
002
Series:
Occasional Paper No. 2003/002
Stock No:
S218EA
ISBN:
9781589061965
ISSN:
0251-6365
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