Domestic Bank Regulation and Financial Crises: Theory and Empirical Evidence From East Asia

May 1, 2001

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Kenneth Kletzer, and Robert Dekle. Domestic Bank Regulation and Financial Crises: Theory and Empirical Evidence From East Asia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed November 8, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

A model of the domestic financial intermediation of foreign capital inflows based on agency costs is developed for studying financial crises in emerging markets. In equilibrium, the banking system becomes progressively more fragile under imperfect prudential regulation and public sector loan guarantees until a crisis occurs with a sudden reversal of capital flows. The crisis evolves endogenously as the banking system becomes increasingly vulnerable through the renegotiation of loans after idiosyncratic firm-specific revenue shocks. The model generates dynamic relationships between foreign capital inflows, domestic investment, corporate debt and equity values in an endogenous growth model. The model's assumptions and implications for the behavior of the economy before and after crisis are compared to the experience of five East Asian economies. The case studies compare three that suffered a crisis or near-crisis, Thailand and Malaysia, to two that did not, Taiwan Province of China and Singapore, and lend support to the model.

Subject: Balance of payments, Bank credit, Banking, Capital inflows, Commercial banks, Deposit insurance, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Loans

Keywords: Adverse selection, Asia and Pacific, Average equity, Bank disclosure, Bank loan, Bank management, Bank portfolio, Banking sector, Capital inflows, Capital stock, Commercial banks, Currency crises, Deposit insurance, East Asia, Exchange rate regimes, Expected return, Financial crisis, Financial fragility, Foreign currency, Lending bank, Loans, Narrow money, Open economy, Opportunity cost, Portfolio choice, Rate of interest, Shares rise, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

50
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Working Paper No. 2001/063
Stock No:

WPIEA0632001
ISBN:

9781451848427
ISSN:

1018-5941

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