This page includes links to the paper, data, and documentation for the Metrick-Schmelzing Banking-Crisis Intervention Database. Database use subject to Creative Commons. To comply with the attribution requirement in the license, any use of the dataset should cite the underlying paper as follows:
Metrick, Andrew, and Paul Schmelzing, Banking-Crisis Interventions, 1257-2019, working paper, 2021.
We advise making explicit reference to the date when the database was consulted, as the database will be revised and updated.
Last Update: September 14, 2021
Data Files
Metrick-Schmelzing Database – Crisis Level and Intervention Level Data (Excel Workbook)
Working Paper
Banking-Crisis Interventions, 1257 – 2019 (Full paper and Appendices)
Banking-Crisis Interventions, 1257 -2019 (Paper Only)
Appendices
Appendix A: Notes on Sample Selection and Identification Process of Historical Crises Interventions.
Appendix B: Data Elements
Appendix C: The Database
Appendix D: Full Bibliography (for Appendices A-C, E)
Appendix E: Country Notes regarding Historical GDP and FX Bases