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Corporate Governance in the Financial Sector of Pakistan
Chaudary, Faiza A.; Goergen, Marc; Syed, Shoeb I. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
La Porta et al. (1998) assign Pakistan, a common-law country, the maximum score of 5 for their anti-director rights … index. Pakistan should therefore be a country with good investor protection attracting large amounts of investments. However …, the reality could not be more different. Pakistan has been lagging behind other, comparable Asian economies in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365050
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South-South FDI vs North-South FDI : A Comparative Analysis in the Context of India
Bera, Subhasis; Gupta, Shikha - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Over the years FDI activities from developing countries have grown very rapidly and most of these investments end up in other developing countries. Such FDI flows are formally known as South-South FDI. This paper attempts to compare the characteristics of South-South FDI versus North-South FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363804
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Financing Asia’s Infrastructure : Modes of Development and Integration of Asian Financial Markets
Bhattacharyay, Biswa Nath - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Asia faces very large infrastructure funding demands, estimated at around US$750 billion per year for energy, transport, telecommunications, water, and sanitation during 20102020 (ADB/ADBI 2009). Asia has large savings, significant international reserves, and rapid accumulations of funds that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363885
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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
This paper discusses the relevance of Basel III to Asian emerging markets. It reviews some of the proposed regulations of Basel III in order to evaluate their likely implications for, and their ability to enhance, the stability of the banking and financial system. This is followed by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278051
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Market Failures and Regulatory Failures : Lessons from Past and Present Financial Crises
Acharya, Viral V.; Cooley, Thomas; Richardson, Matthew; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
The paper analyzes the financial crisis of through the lens of market failures and regulatory failures. We present a case that there were four primary failures contributing to the crisis : excessive risk-taking in the financial sector due to mispriced government guarantees; regulatory focus on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278053