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 Across Time and Space, working paper, 2024.
We advise making explicit reference to the date when the database was consulted, as the database will be revised and updated.
Last Update: February 20, 2024
Data Files
Metrick-Schmelzing Database – Crisis Level and Intervention Level Data (Excel Workbook)
Working Paper
Banking-Crisis Interventions Across Time and Space (Full paper and Appendices)
Banking-Crisis Interventions Across Time and Space (Paper Only)
Appendices
Appendix A: Notes on Sample Selection and Identification Process of Historical Crises Interventions
Appendix B: Data Elements
Appendix C: Robustness Checks for Regression Results
Appendix D: Full Intervention Chronology, 1,946 Cases, 33 A.D. - 2019
Appendix E: Full Bibliography (for Appendices A-B, D, F)
Appendix F: Details on Long-Run GDP, FX, and Intervention Size Calculations