Intertwined Sovereign and Bank Solvencies in a Model of Self-Fulfilling Crisis

July 1, 2012

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Gustavo Adler. Intertwined Sovereign and Bank Solvencies in a Model of Self-Fulfilling Crisis, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2012) accessed November 23, 2024

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Summary

Large fiscal financing needs, both in advanced and emerging market economies, have often been met by borrowing heavily from domestic banks. As public debt approached sustainability limits in a number of countries, however, high bank exposure to sovereign risk created a fragile inter-dependence between fiscal and bank solvency. This paper presents a simple model of twin (sovereign and banking) crisis that stresses how this interdependence creates conditions conducive to a self-fulfilling crisis.

Subject: Banking, Credit, Domestic debt, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Money, Nonbank financial institutions, Public debt

Keywords: Bank exposure, Bank solvencies in a model, Banking crisis, Budget constraint, Credit, Crisis equilibrium, Domestic debt, Maximization problem, Nonbank financial institutions, Senior debt, Seniority structure, Sovereign debt crisis, Supply schedule, Twin crisis, WP

Publication Details

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29
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Working Paper No. 2012/178
Stock No:

WPIEA2012178
ISBN:

9781475505269
ISSN:

1018-5941

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