Jácome, Luis Ignacio.
The Late 1990's Financial Crisis in Ecuador Institutional Weaknesses, Fiscal Rigidities, and Financial Dollarization At Work / Luis Ignacio Jácome. [electronic resource] : Luis Ignacio Jácome. - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. - 1 online resource (47 p.) - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 04/12 . - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 04/12 .
This paper stresses three factors that amplified the 1990s financial crisis in Ecuador, namely institutional weaknesses, rigidities in public finances, and high financial dollarization. Institutional factors restricted the government's ability to respond in a timely manner and efficiently enough to prevent the escalation of the banking crisis and spurred the adoption of suboptimal policy decisions. Public finance rigidities limited the government's capacity to correct existing imbalances and the deteriorating fiscal stance associated with the costs of the financial crisis. Financial dollarization increasingly reduced the effectiveness of financial safety nets, fostered foreign currency demand, and accelerated a currency crisis, thereby further worsening the solvency of banks. These three factors reinforced each other, exacerbating costs as the economy went through a triple banking, currency, and fiscal crisis.
1451842937 : 15.00 USD
1018-5941
10.5089/9781451842937.001 doi
Banking Crises
Banking System
Banking
Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation
Institutions
Ecuador
The Late 1990's Financial Crisis in Ecuador Institutional Weaknesses, Fiscal Rigidities, and Financial Dollarization At Work / Luis Ignacio Jácome. [electronic resource] : Luis Ignacio Jácome. - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. - 1 online resource (47 p.) - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 04/12 . - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 04/12 .
This paper stresses three factors that amplified the 1990s financial crisis in Ecuador, namely institutional weaknesses, rigidities in public finances, and high financial dollarization. Institutional factors restricted the government's ability to respond in a timely manner and efficiently enough to prevent the escalation of the banking crisis and spurred the adoption of suboptimal policy decisions. Public finance rigidities limited the government's capacity to correct existing imbalances and the deteriorating fiscal stance associated with the costs of the financial crisis. Financial dollarization increasingly reduced the effectiveness of financial safety nets, fostered foreign currency demand, and accelerated a currency crisis, thereby further worsening the solvency of banks. These three factors reinforced each other, exacerbating costs as the economy went through a triple banking, currency, and fiscal crisis.
1451842937 : 15.00 USD
1018-5941
10.5089/9781451842937.001 doi
Banking Crises
Banking System
Banking
Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation
Institutions
Ecuador