Dealing with Financial Fragility in Transition Economies

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John Bonin

Wesleyan University - Economics Department

Paul Wachtel

New York University - Stern School of Business

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Date Written: December 30, 2004

Abstract

We examine the efforts of transition economies to deal with financial fragility and resolve banking cries We characterize the birthing process of banking in transition and the three essential features of banking crises in transition economies:

(i) bad loans and the relationship to state owned industries, (ii) development of institutional infrastructure and (iii) credible commitments to resolution and privatization.

We then discuss the experiences of seven important transition countries in order to identify the salient features of their efforts to resolve banking crises.

Suggested Citation

Bonin, John P. and Wachtel, Paul, Dealing with Financial Fragility in Transition Economies (December 30, 2004). BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 22/2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1015452 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1015452

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