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What explains the low profitability of Chinese banks?
García-Herrero, Alicia; Gavilá, Sergio; … - Banco de España - 2009
basically reflects that the four state-owned commercial banks -China’s largest banks- have been the main drag for system …’s profitability. We find the same negative influence for China’s development banks (so called Policy Banks), which are fully state … the influence of government intervention in explaining bank performance in China. These findings should not come as a …
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Financial innovation in sovereign borrowing and public provision of liquidity
Gómez-González, Patricia - Banco de España - 2015
This paper studies how financial innovation in sovereign debt markets can increase a country’s level of private investment and welfare. I propose a model where public debt has a liquidity purpose for the domestic private sector and is demanded as a saving vehicle by more patient international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255225
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The distribution of debt across euro area countries: the role of individual characteristics, institutions and credit conditions
Bover, Olympia; Casado, Jose Maria; Villanueva, Ernesto; … - Banco de España - 2013
The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we present an up-to-date assessment of the differences across euro area countries in the distributions of various measures of debt conditional on household characteristics. We consider three different outcomes: the probability of holding debt, the amount...
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The effect of foreclosure regulation: Evidence for the US mortgage market at state level
Vicente, Fernando López - Banco de España - 2013
Do laws to protect borrowers curb foreclosures? This question is addressed by analysing the impact of foreclosure laws on default rates at state level in the US mortgage market. Using panel data techniques, we find a statistically significant effect of regulation on the different stages of the...
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Financial governance of banking supervision
Masciandaro, Donato; Nieto, María J.; Prast, Henriëtte - Banco de España - 2007
This article analyses the economics of financing banking supervision and attempts to respond to two questions: What are the most common financing practices? Can the differences in current financing practices be explained by country specific factors? We perform an empirical analysis that...
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Local versus aggregate lending channels: the effects of securitization on corporate credit supply
Jiménez, Gabriel; Mian, Atif; Peydró, José-Luis; … - Banco de España - 2011
While banks may change their credit supply due to bank balance-sheet shocks (the local lending channel), firms can react by adjusting their sources of financing in equilibrium (the aggregate lending channel). We provide a methodology to identify the aggregate (firm-level) effects of the lending...
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Assessing the risk-return trade-off in loans portfolios
Mencía, Javier - Banco de España - 2009
This paper analyses the risk and return of loans portfolios in a joint setting. I develop a model to obtain the distribution of loans returns. I use this model to describe the investment opportunity set of lenders using mean-variance analysis with a Value at Risk constraint. I also obtain closed...
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Dilatoriness of the banking enterprise debt in Spain, 1992-2003
Ruano-Pardo, Sonia; Salas-Fumás, Vicente - Banco de España - 2006
This paper analyses the determinants of the default ratio associated to banking debt in Spanish non financial firms over the period 1992-2003. It studies the factors influencing firms' entering and exit processes in and out from the default status. Additionally, it explores the factors...
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The safety and soundness effects of bank M&As in the EU: does prudential regulation have any impact?
Hagendorff, Jens; Nieto, María J.; Wall, Larry D. - Banco de España - 2012
This paper studies the impact of European bank mergers and acquisitions on changes in key safety and soundness measures of both acquirers and targets. We find that capitalization, profi tability and liquidity show signs of statistically and economically significant mean reversion for acquirers....
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What do premiums paid for bank M&As reflect? The case of the European Union
Hagendorff, Jens; Hernando, Ignacio; Nieto, María J.; … - Banco de España - 2010
We analyze the takeover premiums paid for a sample of European bank mergers between 1997 and 2007. We find that acquiring banks value profitable, high-growth and low risk targets. We also find that the strength of bank regulation and supervision as well as deposit insurance regimes in Europe...
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