Fiscal Aspects of Bank Restructuring /

Governments frequently assist troubled banks. This paper examines the fiscal aspects of such assistance: rationale, design criteria, methods, and macroeconomic implications. It concludes that (1) banks should be assisted only when there is a clear systemic risk; (2) assistance should be tied to a co...

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Autor principal: Daniel, James
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/052
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF
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