%0 Book %A Camelia Oprean Stan %A Sebastian-Ilie Dragoe %D 2022 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %@ 9783631879474 %T Financial Systems and Economic Crises %B The Main Determinants of Financial Instability %R 10.3726/b19738 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1255413 %X This book examines the main causes of financial instability and highlights that, with the exception of wars and pandemics, the financial system is the source of the crisis, not just a means of spreading it, as most mainstream experts believe. Based on the following findings, the innovative sections of this book provide academics and policymakers with important and practical knowledge: because negative shifts in the financial system precede recessions, financial indicators can predict the onset of a crisis much earlier than real variables; the proposed recession forecasting model can predict the emergence of the crisis a month in advance. When the economy’s sensitivity to the financial system is reduced, there will be only modest negative economic growth and no true recessions. %G English