Why are there financial crises? Recent developments in theory

Kondor, Péter ORCID: 0000-0001-9797-9291 (2025) Why are there financial crises? Recent developments in theory. Annual Review of Financial Economics, 17. ISSN 1941-1367

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Abstract

In financial crises, a period of overheated credit markets turns into a credit crunch accompanied by a systemic breakdown in the financial intermediary sector. Without a deep understanding of their roots, designing policies to decrease the probability of suffering from them or to avoid the worst consequences is like flying blind. In this review, I survey the recent development of the theory of financial crises. I focus on the answers these theories provide to four fundamental questions. What makes the booming phase fragile, and what are the incentives and frictions leading to that fragility? What triggers the crisis? Why is the downturn persistent? Should policy intervene, and if so, how?

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2025 by the author(s)
Divisions:	Finance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
JEL classification:	E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E44 - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G28 - Government Policy and Regulation
Date Deposited:	18 Aug 2025 10:45
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 12:30
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129142

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