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Measuring Financial Inclusion : An Axiomatic Approach
Chakravarty, Satya R.; Pal, Rupayan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper clearly demonstrates that the axiomatic measurement approach developed in the human development literature can be usefully applied to the measurement of financial inclusion. A conceptual framework for aggregating data on financial services in different dimensions is developed. The...
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The Role of State Intervention in the Financial Sector : Crisis Prevention, Containment, and Resolution
Cho, Yoon Je - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper discusses the role of state intervention for prevention, containment, and resolution of financial crises based mainly on the Korean experience during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Crises in emerging market and developing economies tend to be more complicated than those faced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363798
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Effect of Liberalization on Banking Competition
Pasadilla, Gloria; Milo, Melanie - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
The paper analyzes the impact of major policy changes on banking structure, performance and competition, using bank-specific data from 1990-2002. We find that the entry of more market players is correlated with drops in interest spread and profits which, partly, bespeaks of possible dissipation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365221
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Index of Financial Inclusion
Sarma, Mandira - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The promotion of an inclusive financial system is considered a policy priority in many countries. While the importance of financial inclusion is widely recognized, the literature lacks a comprehensive measure that can be used to measure the extent of financial inclusion across economies. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365432
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Financial Stability and Financial Inclusion
Morgan, Peter J.; Pontines, Victor - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
Developing economies are seeking to promote financial inclusion, i.e., greater access to financial services for low-income households and firms, as part of their overall strategies for economic and financial development. This raises the question of whether financial stability and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278004
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Financial Stability and Financial Inclusion
Morgan, Peter J.; Pontines, Victor - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
Developing economies are seeking to promote financial inclusion, i.e., greater access to financial services for low-income households and firms, as part of their overall strategies for economic and financial development. This raises the question of whether financial stability and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278019
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Dynamic Provisioning : Some Lessons from Existing Experiences
Santiago Fernández de Lis; Garcia-Herrero, Alicia - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
After analyzing the different reasons why the financial system and also the regulatory framework induced procyclicality, this paper reviews the experiences of three countries which have introduced dynamic provisioning as a regulatory tool to limit procyclicality. The case of Spainthe country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363866
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The Role of Trade Credit for Small Firms : An Implication from Japan’s Banking Crisis
Fukuda, Shin-ichi; Kasuya, Munehisa; Akashi, Kentaro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of trade credit during the banking crisis in Japan. Trade credit is one of the most important sources of short-term external finance for small firms. Previous literature has focused mainly on the substitution of bank loans for trade credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363880
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Risk-return Efficiency, Financial Distress Risk, and Bank Financial Strength Ratings
Hua, Changchun; Liu, Li-Gang - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
achieving risk-return efficiency. We first estimate the expected returns, risks, and financial distress risk proxy (the inverse … z-score), then apply the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to obtain the risk-return efficiency score for each bank …, and finally conduct ordered logit regressions of bank ratings on estimated risks, risk-return efficiency, and the inverse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365399
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Impact of Financial Reforms on Efficiency of State-owned, Private and Foreign Banks in Pakistan
Burki, Abid A.; Niazi, G.S.K. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
efficiency of domestic and foreign banks in Pakistan. The results suggest that banking efficiency falls during initial reform … and private banks show superior efficiency and factor productivity than state-owned banks, the relative performance of … bank size, asset quality and bank branches with efficiency indexes, and also note that every 10% increase in share of …
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