This thesis provides a comparative perspective on current macro-financial phenomena. Understanding the causes and consequences of rare macroeconomic events and secular trends is inherently difficult. Competing theories and ...

Times of severe economic crisis are, fortunately, rare events. Large recessions, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s or the Great Recession during the late 2000s, have detrimental effects on all economic sectors. ...

The dissertation attempts in three essays to contribute to the research on emerging market crises. A particular focus is set on problems associated with sudden stops of capital inflows, which appear to have been the cause ...

This thesis analyzes key determinants of financial intermediation and financial stability in three self-contained parts.
The first part explores banks' lending behavior by analyzing the social ties within a ...