What drives financial crises in emerging markets?

Tuomas Komulainen and Johanna Lukkarila

No 5/2003, BOFIT Discussion Papers from Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT)

Abstract: The study examines the causes of financial crises in 31 emerging market countries during 1980 2001.It estimates a probit model using 23 macroeconomic and financial sector variables.Traditional variables such as unemployment and inflation, as well as several indicators of indebtedness such as private sector liabilities and the foreign liabilities of banks explain currency crises rather well, and it appears currency crises occur in tandem with banking crises.Indeed, in emerging market countries the vulnerability to crisis is exacerbated by situations involving large liabilities that permit sudden capital outflows.Increases in indebtedness followed the liberalization of capital flows and domestic financial sectors. Author

Keywords: Currency crises; Banking crises; Emerging markets; Liberalization; Probit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F31 F32 F41 F47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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