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  "title": "Financial Crises : Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses",
  "publication": "Books, February 19, 2014",
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  "summary": "The lingering effects of the economic crisis are still visible—this shows a clear need to improve our understanding of financial crises. This book surveys a wide range of crises, including banking, balance of payments, and sovereign debt crises.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Title: Financial Crises : Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses\n- Authors: Stijn Claessens, Ayhan Kose, Luc Laeven, Fabian Valencia\n- Publication date: February 19, 2014\n- Core purpose: Improve understanding of financial crises by surveying a wide range of crises, introducing a comprehensive database of crises, and extracting lessons for prevention and management."
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      "heading": "Scope and Content",
      "content": "- Types of crises covered:\n  - banking crises\n  - balance of payments crises\n  - sovereign debt crises\n- Structure highlights:\n  - begins with an overview of the various types of crises\n  - introduces a comprehensive database of crises\n  - discusses broad lessons on crisis prevention and management\n  - examines the short-term economic effects of crises, recessions, and recoveries"
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      "heading": "Key findings and themes",
      "content": "- Persistent relevance: The lingering effects of the economic crisis underscore the need to improve understanding of financial crises.\n- Comprehensive survey: The book surveys a wide range of crisis types (banking, balance of payments, sovereign debt).\n- Data emphasis: Introduction of a comprehensive database of crises to support analysis.\n- Policy focus: Broad lessons on crisis prevention and crisis management are a central element.\n- Short-term impacts: Analysis of short-term economic effects of crises, recessions, and recoveries.\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/books/issues/2016/12/31/financial-crises-causes-consequences-and-policy-responses-40301"
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    "Authors: Stijn Claessens, Ayhan Kose, Luc Laeven, Fabian Valencia",
    "Published: February 19, 2014",
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    "Pages: 670",
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    "Title: Financial Crises : Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses",
    "Authors: Stijn Claessens, Ayhan Kose, Luc Laeven, Fabian Valencia",
    "Publication date: February 19, 2014",
    "Core purpose: Improve understanding of financial crises by surveying a wide range of crises, introducing a comprehensive database of crises, and extracting lessons for prevention and management.",
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    "Structure highlights:",
    "Persistent relevance: The lingering effects of the economic crisis underscore the need to improve understanding of financial crises.",
    "Comprehensive survey: The book surveys a wide range of crisis types (banking, balance of payments, sovereign debt).",
    "Data emphasis: Introduction of a comprehensive database of crises to support analysis.",
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