1998
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.52074
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Banking Crises in Emerging Economies: Origins and Policy Options

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“…Several of the factors identified in the literature as sources of banking crises (notably Goldstein and Turner (1996) reviewed in Section I) are highly relevant to sub-Saharan Africa. These are macroeconomic shocks (including exchange rate shocks); pervasive government involvement and loose controls on insider lending; weaknesses in the legal and institutional framework; inadequate capitalization and loan loss provisions, and distorted incentives that encouraged economic agents to take excessive risks.…”
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“…Several of the factors identified in the literature as sources of banking crises (notably Goldstein and Turner (1996) reviewed in Section I) are highly relevant to sub-Saharan Africa. These are macroeconomic shocks (including exchange rate shocks); pervasive government involvement and loose controls on insider lending; weaknesses in the legal and institutional framework; inadequate capitalization and loan loss provisions, and distorted incentives that encouraged economic agents to take excessive risks.…”
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“…We are guided in our approach by two survey articles, Goldstein and Turner (1996) and Honohan (1997), which set out in systematic fashion the causes of banking crises worldwide. The factors identified in these articles serve as a reference point for highlighting those factors relevant to the experiences of sub-Saharan Africa.…”
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“…Indonesian banks were heavily regulated up until June 1983, and thereafter followed a In common with many emerging economies, liberalization was followed by strong growth in bank credit and with it the growth in non-performing loans and fragility typically associated with banking crises (Halim, 2000, Goldstein andTurner, 1996). Reregulation was undertaken in 1991 and 1995 aimed at increasing capital adequacy.…”
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“…In fact, many studies have revealed that banking crises are caused by overoptimism in credit creation (Kaminsky and Reinhart, 1999;Gavin and Hausmann, 1996). 29 Babihuga (2007), Podpiera (2006), Goldstein and Turner (1996), Demirguc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999), and Demirguc-Kunt and Detragiache (1997).…”
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