This study is a theoretical overview on the origin and formation mechanisms of the financial crisis. We first presented a typology of these crises on the basis of specific symptoms and we proposed statistical indicators of instabilities correspondent to each type of crisis. We also evaluated the...

This paper aims to investigate the origin and to analyze the mechanisms of forming the main economic imbalances previous to financial crises. For this purpose we first outline a typology of crises depending on the characteristic symptoms, and we identify statistical indicators corresponding to...