Types of crises — categories?
General, economic, and financial crises.
Crisis cycle phases — first?
Expansion phase.
Financial crisis development — stages?
Slow growth, boom, euphoria, crisis, decline, recovery.
Crisis factors — high?
Debt levels, financial innovation, demand mismatch.
Economic impact — includes?
Production decline, unemployment, systemic destabilization.
Crisis propagation — mechanisms?
Trade, financial markets, banking contagion.
Tulip Mania — crisis type?
Speculative bubble, 1630s.
1987 crash — key feature?
Sudden stock decline, minor real economy impact.
Mexican Peso Crisis — trigger?
Devaluation, loss of investor confidence.
Crisis theories — main?
Kindleberger (bubbles, panics, crashes), Minsky (endogenous instability).
Minsky's hypothesis — core idea?
Stability breeds instability via risk-taking.
Minsky's debt phases — first?
Hedge financing.
2008 crisis — origin?
US housing bubble burst, risky financial products.
Crisis transmission — via?
Trade links, cross-border finance, banking failures.
Historical example — Tulip Mania, year?
1630s.
Crisis cycle — irrational phase?
Euphoria.
Crisis cycle — sharp decline?
Crisis phase.
Crisis impact — on markets?
Asset devaluation, liquidity shortages.
Crisis factors — external?
Shocks like policy changes or international events.
Minsky's stages — final?
Crisis when debt becomes unsustainable.
Test your knowledge with 10 questions on Understanding Financial and Economic Crises.
1. According to the typical sequence of crises development, which type of crisis generally occurs first?
2. In the sequence of crisis cycle phases, where does the 'euphoria' phase occur?
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