Financial Crises in Emerging Markets: A Canonical Model

Roberto Chang and A. Velasco

Working Papers from C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University

Abstract: We present a simple model that can account for the main features of recent financial crises in emerging markets. The international illiquidity of the domestic financial system is at the center of the problem. Illiquid banks are a necessary and a sufficient condition for financial crises to occur. Domestic financial liberalization and capital flows from abroad (especially of short term) can aggravate the illiquidity of banks and increase their vulnerability to exogenous shocks and shifts in expectations.

Keywords: CURRENCIES; MONETARY CRISIS; MONETARY POLICY; BANKS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E5 F3 G2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 1998
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