Preamble : some initial intuitions on financial fragility and the fickle nature of confidence
pt. 1. Financial crises : an operational primer
Varieties of crises and their dates
Debt intolerance : the genesis of serial default
A global database on financial crises
pt. 2. Sovereign external debt crises
A digression on the theoretical underpinnings of debt crises
Cycles of sovereign default on external debt
External default through history
pt. 3. The forgotten history of domestic debt and default
The stylized facts of domestic debt and default
Domestic debt : the missing link explaining external default and high inflation
Domestic and external default : which is worse? Who is senior?
pt. 4. Banking crises, inflation, and currency crashes
Default through debasement : an "old world favorite"
Inflation and modern currency crashes
pt. 5. The U.S. subprime meltdown and the second great contraction
The U.S. subprime crisis : an international and historical comparison
The aftermath of financial crises
The international dimensions of the subprime crisis : the results of contagion or common fundamentals?
Composite measures of financial turmoil
pt. 6. What have we learned?
Reflections on early warnings, graduation, policy responses, and the foibles of human nature
A. 1. Macroeconomic time series
A. 3. Dates of banking crises
A. 4. Historical summaries of banking crises.