Barajas, Adolfo; Basco, Emiliano; Juan-Ramón, V Hugo; … - In: IMF Staff Papers 54 (2007) 4, pp. 621-662
The simple answer to both questions in the title of this paper: No. We concentrate on three key aspects of the banking system's difficulties during the 2001–02 crisis. Two are related to bank behavior (increasing dollarization of the balance sheet and expanding exposure to the government), and...