Systemic financial crises : containment and resolution

This book analyses government policies to contain and resolve systemic financial crises. Faced with a systemic financial sector crisis, policymakers need to make difficult choices under pressure. Based on the experience of many countries in recent years, few have been able to achieve a speedy, lasti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Honohan, Patrick (Author), Laeven, Luc (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , c2005
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and overview
  • 2. Financial crisis policies and resolution mechanisms: a taxonomy from cross-country experience
  • 3. Pitfalls in managing closures of financial institutions
  • 4. Fiscal, monetary, and incentive implications of bank recapitalization
  • 5. Policies for banking crises: a theoretical framework
  • 6. Crisis resolution, policies, and institutions: empirical evidence
  • 7. Financial crises and the presence of foreign banks
  • 8. Maximizing the value of distressed assets: bankruptcy law and the efficient reorganization of firms
  • 9. Crisis resolution and credit allocation: the case of Japan