Taming Financial Development to Reduce Crises

Author/Editor:

Sami Ben Naceur ; Bertrand Candelon ; Quentin Lajaunie

Publication Date:

May 6, 2019

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper assesses whether and how financial development triggers the occurrence of banking crises. It builds on a database that includes financial development as well as financial access, depth and efficiency for almost 100 countries. Through estimation of a dynamic logit panel model, it appears that financial development, from an institutional dimension and to a lesser extent from a market dimension, triggers financial instability within a one- to two-year horizon. Additionally, whereas financial access is destabilizing for advanced countries, it is stabilizing for emerging and low income ones. Both results have important implications for macroprudential policies and financial regulations.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2019/094

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

May 6, 2019

ISBN/ISSN:

9781498312011/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2019094

Pages:

28

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