1. Economic Crisis Indicators: A Review Spanning 80 Years of Crises.
- Author
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Rissley, Dana and Mukuddem-Petersen, Janine
- Subjects
ECONOMIC indicators ,FINANCIAL crises ,FOREIGN exchange rates ,GINI coefficient ,DEVELOPING countries - Abstract
Academic research has been completed on various historical economic crises, mostly in isolation, with some researchers attempting to make a comparison to prior crises. This paper focuses on identifying crisis indicators based on historical analysis of pre-crisis conditions, both in the country with the highest disparity based on the Gini coefficient (South Africa) and the country with the highest concentration of wealth (the United States). A systematic literature review was performed, and a total of 37 unique identifiers were found from 16 papers selected for inclusion. A systematic literature review is an appraisal and synthesis of primary research papers using a rigorous and clearly documented methodology in both the search strategy and the selection of studies. While common in medical research, the systematic review, a rigorous and thorough approach, is rarely used in finance and economics, with this paper representing one of few such reviews that have been published. The indicators that were found to be common amongst the crises studies were Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Interest Rates, Foreign Currency Exchange Rates, Assets Prices, Current Account Balance, and National debt. These six indicators were found in at least 25% of the papers included, with GDP cited in 50% of papers reviewed. This body of work compiles a list of indicators that can be used to improve the current Early Warning Indicators used by economists to predict financial crises, as it compiles commonalities from 80 years of crises, rather than examining a single crisis in isolation. Finally, additional literature was found to support the application of crisis indicators from developed and developing nations to predict the next crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2019