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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. …
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the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for Kazakhstan, and investigate which strategy contributes more to …
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$100,000 to $250,000 per depositor and bank. For some banks, the amount of insured deposits increased significantly; for …
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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...
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Developed and well regulated financial markets are usually seen as a precondition for an efficient allocation of resources and can foster long term economic growth. This paper explores the institutional determinants for financial development in the countries of the Middle East and North African...
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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...
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-out unit, a so-called bad bank. The key element of the plan is the valuation of troubled assets at their current market value … recapitalize the good bank by taking an equity stake in it. In extreme cases, this would mean a takeover of the bank by the …. A clear emphasis that the government stake is temporary would also be necessary. The government would cover the bad bank …
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Recent contributions to the empirical analysis of the relationship between financial system development and economic growth found that an exogenous component of financial system development causes economic growth, is a good predictor of growth and that its growth impact is relatively large. In...
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This study is intended to assess the introduction of increased capitalization requirements for Ukrainian insurance firms. To do so, we employ up-to-date frontier efficiency analysis. The analysis suggests that an increase in size occurs not only because of the regulator's requirements, but also...
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work out units, a so-called bad bank. The key element of the plan is the valuation of troubled assets at their current … own cost and recapitalize the good bank by taking an equity stake in it. In extreme cases, this would mean a takeover of … the bank by the government. The risk to taxpayers from this investment would be acceptable, however, once the banks are …
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