CESifo Economics Studies, Vol.

49, 2/2003, 141-155

http://www.cesifoeconomicstudies.de/

Why Are There so Many Banking Crises?

 
 

Abstract: The last 25 years have seen an impressive number of banking crises all over
the world. These crises have renewed interest of economic research on the causes of
fragility of banks and the possible remedies to it. The justifications and organisation of
public intervention in the banking sector have also been put into question. This article
builds on this recent research in order to understand better the causes of banking crises
and offer policy guidelines for reform of regulatory and supervisory systems. The main
conclusions are:

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x Although many banking crises have been initiated by financial deregulation and
globalization, these crises were largely amplified by political interference.

x Supervision systems face a fundamental commitment problem, analogous to the time

consistency problem confronted by monetary policy.

x The key to successful reform is independence and accountability of banking supervi-

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