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A New International Database on Financial Fragility

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  • Badi H. Baltagi
  • David Fielding
  • Johan Rewilak
  • Panicos Demetriades
  • Peter Rousseau
  • Robert Lensink
  • ‪Svetlana Andrianova‬

Abstract

We present a new database on financial fragility for 124 countries over 1998 to 2012. In addition to commercial banks, our database incorporates investment banks and real estate and mortgage banks, which are thought to have played a central role in the recent financial crisis. Furthermore, it also includes cooperative banks, savings banks and Islamic banks, that are often thought […]

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  • Badi H. Baltagi & David Fielding & Johan Rewilak & Panicos Demetriades & Peter Rousseau & Robert Lensink & ‪Svetlana Andrianova‬, 2015. "A New International Database on Financial Fragility," Working Papers 534, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    Economic crisis; Public Housing;

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    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

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