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Thematic Index

Dead capital, 193box
Debt:
CPI-indexed, 64
public, 18fig, 19fig, 43, 94fig, 196
subordinated, 108, 114
Debt crises, 78
Debt markets, 64
Debtor programs, 69
Demand deposits, 49
Deposit insurance:
bank run prevention by, 99, 108
compulsory membership, 100-102
financial crises and creation of, 103tab, 109box
as financial safety net, 99
funding for, 104
implicit vs. explicit, 100-102
in Latin America, 34, 101-104
limits to coverage of, 108
and market discipline, 111
and moral hazard, 33, 88-89, 100
premiums for, 103
private systems for, 76, 104
recommendations for, 100-101
in times of crisis, 104-105
Depositors:
acting on bank risk, 109-111
regulators as representatives of, 85
response of banks to, 111-112
role in banking system soundness, 107
Deposits:
bank fundamentals and changes in, 113fig
foreign-currency, 11, 16, 47, 49
freezing of, 79
Devaluation, 51, 55-56
Developing economies:
bank consolidation in, 119
collateral in, 164
constraints on banking crisis resolution, 69-71, 82
fear of floating in, 87box
regulation and supervision of banks in, 88
sudden stops in, 42, 43tab
Development agencies, 147box
Development banks, 143-144, 146box, 150-153
Development view of state-owned banking, 141, 145, 157
Diversification, 21
Dollarization, financial:
alternatives to, 56-57
banking crises and, 39, 42-43, 45, 47
consequences of, 47, 63
currency mismatches, 11, 50-52, 94-96, 97tab
distribution of debt, 64-65
during devaluation, 51
and financial development, 58-60
forces behind, 52-53
framework for understanding of, 57box
as insurance against price fluctuations, 59
of liabilities, 13-16, 39, 42-43, 45, 47
macroeconomic policy interactions with, 62-63
market failures and excess of, 60-62
measurements of, 49
for mortgage financing, 218-219
MVP model and, 58-60, 62
past inflation as predictor of, 53-55
policy recommendations, 63-65
price indexing and, 64
Dominican Republic:
banking collapse (2003), 20, 92, 93box
deposit insurance, 103
state-owned banks, 148

 

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