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Financial frictions and real implications of macroprudential policies
Derviz, Alexis - In: Financial Markets and Portfolio Management 26 (2012) 3, pp. 333-368
of bank capital requirements on the quantity of uncollateralized credit). Loss given default can be reduced by both a … macroprudential policies are more advantageous for bank earnings. On the other hand, the policies considered here are unable to reduce …
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Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Causes of U.S. Commercial Bank Failures This Time Around
Cole, Rebel; White, Lawrence - In: Journal of Financial Services Research 42 (2012) 1, pp. 5-29
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010987894
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Regulatory reforms and convergence of the banking sector: evidence from China
Brau, James C.; Dahl, Drew; Zhang, Hongjing; Zhou, Mingming - In: Managerial Finance 40 (2014), pp. 956-968
Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of regulatory reform on the asset allocation and capitalization of Chinese banks from 2002 to 2007, a period following China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO). Design/methodology/approach - The evidence rejects a...
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Exports and Credit Constraints under Incomplete Information: Theory and Evidence from China
Feenstra, Robert C.; Li, Zhiyuan; Yu, Miaojie - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (2014) 3, pp. 729-744
This paper examines why credit constraints for domestic and exporting firms arise in a setting where banks do not observe firms' productivities. To maintain incentive compatibility, banks lend below the amount that firms need for optimal production. The longer time needed for export shipments...
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Modeling firm specific internationalization risk: An application to banks’ risk assessment in lending to firms that do international business
Eriksson, Kent; Jonsson, Sara; Lindbergh, Jessica; … - In: International Business Review 23 (2014) 6, pp. 1074-1085
Drawing on internationalization process theory, we develop a new model for firm-specific internationalization risk assessment. The model shows that firm-specific internationalization risks can be determined from a firm's experiences and from current business activities in a firm's network....
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Bank efficiency in Africa
Oluitan, Roseline - In: Journal of Developing Areas 48 (2014) 2, pp. 205-221
This study examines the efficiency of the financial sector in African countries. It aims to investigate if ìThe financial institutions are capable of distributing the economic resources efficiently. Empirical evidence supports a sound intermediation process and efficiency in the banking system...
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Gauging bank efficiency during card insolvency crisis:the case of the Taiwanese banks
Tsai, Bi-Huei - In: Journal of Developing Areas 44 (2010) 1, pp. 267-285
Previous studies mostly focus on bank performance, but few studies have effectively investigated how efficiency is … reduced as banks expand credit card or cash card issuances. This study seeks to investigate how bank's relaxations of card … issuance and credit revolvers reduce bank efficiency during card insolvency crisis in the Taiwanese banking industry. The …
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Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Financial Services
Rouzet, Dorothée; Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik; Gonzales, … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2014
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for financial services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign services providers. The indices are calculated for 40...
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Bank capital management: International evidence
De Jonghe, Olivier; Öztekin, Özde - In: Journal of Financial Intermediation 24 (2015) 2, pp. 154-177
We examine the dynamic behavior of bank capital using a global sample of 64 countries during the 1994–2010 period …
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Leverage pro-cyclicality and securitization in US banking
Beccalli, Elena; Boitani, Andrea; Di Giuliantonio, Sonia - In: Journal of Financial Intermediation 24 (2015) 2, pp. 200-230
This paper investigates the role of off-balance sheet securitization on US bank leverage pro-cyclicality. Effective …
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