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La participación de los bancos centrales en las crisis bancarias de la América Latina. Lecciones de los decenios de los noventa y de 2000

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  • Jácome H., Luis I.

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This paper analyzes central banks’ role in banking crises in Latin America. It finds that, except in a handful of cases, where bank resolution was timely executed, central bank money was used in large scale to contain and manage systemic and small crises alike. However, pouring money into the financial system tended to fuel macroeconomic unrest and increased the chances of currency crises, in particular in emerging market countries. While subject to some caveats, the conclusions of this paper are relevant and should be taken by developing countries as a warning against excessively expanding central banks’ balance sheets to cope with financial crises, as several industrial countries have done it recently.// En el presente artículo se analiza el papel de los bancos centrales en las crisis bancarias de la América Latina. Se descubre que, salvo por un puñado de casos, cuando las resoluciones bancarias se ejecutaron puntualmente, el dinero del banco central se utilizó a gran escala para contener y gestionar crisis tanto sistémicas como menores. Sin embargo, las aportaciones de dinero a raudales en el sistema financiero tendieron a exacerbar la turbulencia macroeconómica y aumentaron las probabilidades de que ocurrieran crisis cambiarias, sobre todo en los países de mercados emergentes. Si bien con algunas salvedades, las conclusiones del presente artículo son pertinentes y los países en desarrollo deberían verlas como una advertencia contra la expansión excesiva de los balances generales de los bancos centrales para hacer frente a las crisis financieras, tal como lo han hecho recientemente varios países industrializados.

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  • Jácome H., Luis I., 2013. "La participación de los bancos centrales en las crisis bancarias de la América Latina. Lecciones de los decenios de los noventa y de 2000," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(318), pages .283-327, abril-jun.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:80:y:2013:i:318:p:283-327
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v80i318.89
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    Keywords

    crisis bancaria; bancos centrales; política monetaria; mercados emergentes; América Latina;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • N26 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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