Central Bank Involvement in Banking Crises in Latin America /

This paper reviews the nature of central bank involvement in 26 episodes of financial disturbance and crises in Latin America from the mid-1990s onwards. It finds that, except in a handful of cases, large amounts of central bank money were used to cope with large and small crises alike. Pouring cent...

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Autore principale: Jacome, Luis
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/135
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF
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