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Investigation and policy advice from the past 42 financial crises

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A new dataset from the IMF on banking crises has been compiled. It is the most complete and detailed to date with information on the timing of all systemic crises between 1970 and 2007. This paper describes the new dataset with detailed information on policy responses employed in different countries.

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