Identifying Banking Crises Using Money Market Pressure: New Evidence for a Large Set of Countries

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Zhongbo Jing

University of Groningen

Jakob de Haan

University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); De Nederlandsche Bank

Jan P. A. M. Jacobs

University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business

Haizhen Yang

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences - School of Management

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Date Written: October 18, 2013

Abstract

We construct a money market pressure index based on central bank reserves and the short-term nominal interest rate to identify banking crises, thereby extending the index proposed by Von Hagen and Ho (2007). We compare the crises identified by both indices with banking crises according to the benchmark of Laeven and Valencia (2010). Both indices identify more crises than these benchmarks. The crises identified by our index are more in line with the benchmark than the crises identified by the Von Hagen and Ho index, while our index also gives fewer false signals.

Keywords: banking crises, money market pressure index

JEL Classification: C43, E44, G21

Suggested Citation

Jing, Zhongbo and de Haan, Jakob and Jacobs, Jan P.A.M. and Yang, Haizhen, Identifying Banking Crises Using Money Market Pressure: New Evidence for a Large Set of Countries (October 18, 2013). CIRANO - Scientific Publications 2013s-41, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2369449 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2369449

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