Financial Crises, Credit Ratings, and Bank Failures : An Introduction

Financial crises of every variety rocked emerging markets in the second half of the 1990s. Nearly every region experienced currency crashes, banking crises were both numerous and severe, and a few countries, facing extreme duress, defaulted on their sovereign debt. Not surprisingly, then, there is considerable interest in policy and academic circles and within the investment community in gaining a better understanding of financial and economic distress.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reinhart, Carmen M.
Format: Journal Article biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2002-05
Subjects:BANK FAILURE, BANK FAILURES, BANKING CRISES, BOND, BOOM-BUST CYCLE, CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS, CENTRAL BANKS, CREDIT RATING, CREDIT RATING AGENCIES, CREDIT RATINGS, CREDIT RISKS, CURRENCY, CURRENCY CRISES, DEFAULTS, ECONOMICS, EMERGING MARKETS, EQUITY MARKET, FINANCIAL CRISES, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL, INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS, LOSSES OF BANKS, MONETARY FUND, PORTFOLIO, RISK OF DEFAULT, SOVEREIGN DEBT, SOVEREIGN DEFAULTS, VULNERABILITY,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17737424/financial-crises-credit-ratings-bank-failures-introduction
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17200
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