01602cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007565 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451844894 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Frydl, Edward. The Length and Cost of Banking Crises / Edward Frydl. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper reviews how recent studies of banking crises differ with regard to the dating, length, and costs of the crises. Significant discrepancies in these features suggest the absence of analytical consensus. The data allow an examination of the relation between perceived crisis length, as an index of delay in taking actions to resolve a crisis, and crisis costs. Cross-sectional evidence does not show that the length of a crisis is a significant contributor to its resolution cost. A measure of economic cost, the growth shortfall in the crisis period, shows more evidence of a link. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/030 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1999/030/001.1999.issue-030-en.xml IMF e-Library