Too many banks to fail? theory and evidence

John Boyd, Mufaddal Baxamusa

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Abstract

"Too Many to Fail" suggests that small and medium sized banks can cause a banking crisis if a large number of them fail simultaneously. We disagree and show that the fundamental cause of systemic banking crises is "Too Big to Fail" banks.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7-13
Number of pages7
JournalEconomists' Voice
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2013

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston.

Keywords

  • Banking crisis
  • too many to fail

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