International Banking Crises: Large-Scale Failures, Massive Government Interventions

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Tables and Figures ix
• Preface xi
• PART I WHY BANKS FAIL 1
• 1: Bank Growth and Failure 3
• REFERENCES 16
• 2: International Banking Crises: The Real Estate Connection 18
• REFERENCES 34
• 3: International Bank Lending and the Southeast Asian Financial Crisis 37
• REFERENCES 52
• PART II CRISES IN SELECTED COUNTRIES 55
• 4: Thailand: A Tale of Sustained Growth and Then Collapse 57
• REFERENCES 66
• 5: Financial Crisis in Thailand 69
• REFERENCES 88
• 6: The Economic Crisis of Indonesia 89
• REFERENCES 104
• 7: The Economic Crisis of South Korea 107
• REFERENCES 122
• 8: Russia's Financial Debacle 125
• NOTES 132
• 9: The Tequila Banking Crisis in Argentina 134
• REFERENCES 160
• 10: Measuring the Default Risk of Banks: The Case of Mutual Banks in Argentina during the Tequila Banking Crisis 162
• STATISTICAL APPENDIX 175
• STATISTICAL APPENDIX 177
• PART III BANK REGULATORY ISSUES 181
• 11: Is Prudential Bank Regulation Effective? 183
• NOTES 199
• 12: The Decision to Fail Banks: A Global View 204
• REFERENCES 216
• 13: What Basle Forgot 220
• REFERENCES 237
• 14: Problem Bank Resolution: Evaluating the Options 239
• 15: Resolving, Recapitalizing, and Restructuring Insolvent Banks and Banking Systems 264
• Index 287
• About the Editor and Contributors 289

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