Dollarization, private banking and financial profitability in Ecuador

This paper aims to analyze the behavior of Ecuadorian private banking during the period 2000-2021, using aggregate information on trends in the banking sector and accounting data for the main banks. Based on a heterodox theoretical-historical approach, we highlight the link between the neoliberal st...

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Autores: Ribeiro de Freitas Meireles, Monika, Rivera Cortez, Gabriela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía
Idioma:español
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/70021
Acceso en línea:https://www.probdes.iiec.unam.mx/index.php/pde/article/view/70021
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:crédito
fragilidad financiera
crisis bancaria
dolarización
credit
financial fragility
banking crisis
dollarization
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Sumario:This paper aims to analyze the behavior of Ecuadorian private banking during the period 2000-2021, using aggregate information on trends in the banking sector and accounting data for the main banks. Based on a heterodox theoretical-historical approach, we highlight the link between the neoliberal structural reforms, the banking crisis, dollarization and the transformations of the banking sector. The results highlight the fact that the operation of the Ecuadorian banking system under formal dollarization not only recreates well-known elements of former financial fragility but also introduces new variables typical of the 21st-century banking universe that are a source of instability and hinder the financing objectives for the socio-economic development of the country.