What Causes Banking Crises? An Empirical Investigation for the World Economy

31 Pages Posted: 19 Mar 2013

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Vo Phuong Mai Le

Cardiff University - Cardiff Business School

David Meenagh

Cardiff University Business School

Patrick Minford

Cardiff University Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Zhirong Ou

Cardiff University - Cardiff Business School

Date Written: March 2013

Abstract

We add the Bernanke-Gertler-Gilchrist model to a world model consisting of the US, the Euro-zone and the Rest of the World in order to explore the causes of the banking crisis. We test the model against linear-detrended data and reestimate it by indirect inference; the resulting model passes the Wald test only on outputs in the two countries. We then extract the model’s implied residuals on unfi…ltered data to replicate how the model predicts the crisis. Banking shocks worsen the crisis but ‘traditional’ shocks explain the bulk of the crisis; the non-stationarity of the productivity shocks plays a key role. Crises occur when there is a ‘run’ of bad shocks; based on this sample Great Recessions occur on average once every quarter century. Financial shocks on their own, even when extreme, do not cause crises — provided the government acts swiftly to counteract such a shock as happened in this sample.

Keywords: Banking, DSGE, Indirect Inference

JEL Classification: E0

Suggested Citation

Le, Vo Phuong Mai and Meenagh, David and Minford, Patrick and Ou, Zhirong, What Causes Banking Crises? An Empirical Investigation for the World Economy (March 2013). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9392, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2235490

Vo Phuong Mai Le (Contact Author)

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David Meenagh

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Patrick Minford

Cardiff University Business School ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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United Kingdom

Zhirong Ou

Cardiff University - Cardiff Business School

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