The bankruptcy of three big private banks (Econômico, Nacional and Bamerindus) in the beginning of the Plano Real has been attributed to the fast and intense growth of loan after the fall of inflation. The three banks balance sheet data, however, show a decrease in credit amount or a very small...

Over the last two decades, almost all countries in the world have experienced a noticeable process of liberalization and deregulation. This process has both motivated and propelled changes in the very competitive dynamics of the banking industry. Therefore, various OECD countries have changed...

The present paper analyses the influence of the judiciary and bankruptcy law in the credit market and in the economic growth in differents regions of the world. This paper also criticizes the current "Law and Finance" theory, mainly the papers of La Porta et al (1997,1998) and Levine et al...

Financial and currency crises: comparing Latin America and East Asia - This article focuses on the sources of vulnerability to currency and financial crises as well as on their degree of severity in Latin American and East Asian economies. Evidence based on a number of indicators reckoned for...

The author draws up a short thematic guide and some references to the current financial and economic crisis. After presenting the theoretical framework in which it shapes the discussion of the causes and nature of the crisis, the author identifies several ways to approach and study the subject:...

The analysis of the main features of the international financial architecture that contributed to the deepening of the financial crisis allows to outline the necessary reforms in the supervision and regulation. To be effective, such reforms would have to be international in scope and include...