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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
This paper investigates whether there is any consistency between banks financial strength ratings (bank rating) and … they assume and thereby have a low probability of experiencing financial distress. Bank ratings, a measure of a banks … z-score), then apply the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to obtain the risk-return efficiency score for each bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365399
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China’s Regulatory Framework for Outward Foreign Direct Investment
Sauvant, Karl P.; Chen, Victor Zitian - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
China has become the world’s third largest outward investor, behind the United States and Japan. A growing body of literature suggests that China’s regulatory framework for outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is a determinant of the country’s rising OFDI. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134328
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Financial Turmoil in the Banking Sector and the Asian Lamfalussy Process : The Case of Four Economies
Hsu, Chen-Min; Liao, Chih-Feng - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
banking performance in four Asian economies : the People's Republic of China (PRC); Hong Kong, China; Singapore; and Taipei … performance in these four economies between 2003 and 2008. Our analysis of the indicators reveals that banking performance under a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363823
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Financial Services Integration in East Asia : Lessons from the European Union
Pasadilla, Gloria O. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper distills some policy lessons from the financial services integration programme in the European Union for East Asia. Focusing on the improved cross-border facilitation of financial flows rather than on general macroeconomic factors related to optimal currency area formation, the paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363883
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Financial Stability and Financial Inclusion
Morgan, Peter J.; Pontines, Victor - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
inclusion (together with some control variables) on some measures of financial stability, including bank non-performing loans … and bank Z-scores. We find some evidence that an increased share of lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278004
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Universalizing Complete Access to Finance : Key Conceptual Issues
Rai, Suyash; Ananth, Bindu; Mor, Nachiket - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
In this paper, we present two stylized models of the financial system. We make the case that in order to realize the potential of a well-functioning complete financial market, financial system designers and financial service providers will need to think about ways to deliver financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278007
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Financial Stability and Financial Inclusion
Morgan, Peter J.; Pontines, Victor - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
inclusion (together with some control variables) on some measures of financial stability, including bank non-performing loans … and bank Z-scores. We find some evidence that an increased share of lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278019
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Universalizing Complete Access to Finance : Key Conceptual Issues
Rai, Suyash; Ananth, Bindu; Mor, Nachiket - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
In this paper, we present two stylized models of the financial system. We make the case that in order to realize the potential of a well-functioning complete financial market, financial system designers and financial service providers will need to think about ways to deliver financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278028
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The Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III : Intentions, Unintended Consequences, and Lessons for Emerging Markets
Acharya, Viral V. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
call for blind adherence to Basel III and persist with its (Reserve Bank of India) asset-level leverage restrictions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278035
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Impact of Changes in the Global Financial Regulatory Landscape on Asian Emerging Markets
Watanagase, Tarisa - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
banking and financial system. This is followed by a discussion on the challenges faced by the regulators of Asian emerging … concludes with policy recommendations for Asian emerging markets to strengthen and enhance the stability of their banking and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278051