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Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Bank Lending: The Case of Ukraine
Talavera, Oleksandr; Tsapin, Andriy; Zholud, Oleksandr - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
Our study investigates the link between bank lending behavior and macroeconomic uncertainty. We develop a dynamic model … of a bank's value maximization that results in a negative relationship between loan to capital ratio and macroeconomic … in uncertainty is not uniform and depends on bank-specific characteristics. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068643
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Banking Competition, Good or Bad?: The Case of Promoting Micro and Small Enterprise Finance in Kazakhstan
Schäfer, Dorothea; Siliverstovs, Boriss; Terberger, Eva - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for Kazakhstan, and investigate which strategy contributes more to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068666
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How Do Insured Deposits Affect Bank Risk?: Evidence from the 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
Lambert, Claudia; Noth, Felix; Schüwer, Ulrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013
$100,000 to $250,000 per depositor and bank. For some banks, the amount of insured deposits increased significantly; for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128840
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Loan Loss Provision: Some Empirical Evidence for Italian Banks
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Alessi, Matteo; Colli, Stefano Di - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015
This paper uses data from a panel of more than 400 Italian banks for the period 2001 – 2012 to examine the main determinants of loan loss provision (LLP), which are classified as either discretionary (income smoothing, capital management,signalling) or non-discretionary (related to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196045
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Agenda for Building a New Financial Market Architecture
Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
Since the summer of 2007, participants in financial markets have been confronted by a crisis of their own making. In order to prevent the recurrence of a similar crisis in the future, the G-20 nations, at their finance summit in Washington on 15 November 2008, resolved to "ensure that all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661277
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Drivers of Structural Change in Cross-Border Banking since the Global Financial Crisis
Bremus, Franziska; Fratzscher, Marcel - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014
The paper analyzes the effects of changes to regulatory policy and to monetary policy on cross-border bank lending … since the global financial crisis. Cross-border bank lending has decreased, and the home bias in the credit portfolio of … importance of regulatory arbitrage as a driver of cross-border bank flows since the global financial crisis. However, in the euro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185763
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Agenda for Building a New Financial Market Architecture
Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
Since the summer of 2007, participants in financial markets have been confronted by a crisis of their own making. In order to prevent the recurrence of a similar crisis in the future, the G-20 nations, at their finance summit in Washington on 15 November 2008, resolved to "ensure that all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128100
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Is Government Ownership of Banks Really Harmful to Growth?
Andrianova, Svetlana; Demetriades, Panicos; Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
We put forward a modern version of the 'developmental' view of government-owned banks which shows that the combination of information asymmetries and weak institutions creates scope for such banks to play a growth-promoting role. We present new cross-country evidence consistent with our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457139
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The Impact of Driver Cell Phone Use on Accidents
Hahn, Robert W.; Prieger, James E. - American Enterprise Institute - 2009
This study's estimates of the reduction in accidents from a ban on cell phone use while driving are both lower and less certain than previous studies indicate.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941141
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Privatizing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks
Wallison, Peter J.; Ely, Bert; Stanton, Thomas H. - American Enterprise Institute
This book argues that privatization of the government-sponsored enterprises is the only viable way to protect the taxpayers and the economy.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010949256