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data set of 560 credit files of Thai commercial banks, we find that both the incidence and degree of collateralization are … higher there than in developed markets. Thai banks use collateral primarily to reduce the higher credit risks of small and … relatively young firms. Long credit relationships do not reduce collateral requirements by lowering information asymmetry. Market …
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We introduce an element of centralization in a random matching model of money that allows for private liabilities to circulate as media of exchange. Some agents, which we identify as banks, are endowed with the technology to issue notes and to record-keep reserves with a central clearinghouse,...
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In economics, where the long resistance to reflecting on the effects of social interaction on economic behaviour is slowly waning, the concept of social capital may turn out to be a useful analytical tool. However, initial interest in social capital has produced a large variety of definitions,...
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credit crunch interferes with the accommodation necessary for stability. …
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hypotheses- -the bank lending, collateral, and internal finance hypotheses. To discriminate between hypotheses, we extend …
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During the 80’s and 90’s, the increase in financial instability shook up the idyllic vision of the financial liberalization in developed nations. The difficulties borne by the banking sectors spread out in some Asian and Latin American countries as systemic crises. The deregulation of the...
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After publishing its first report in September 1997, the Own Funds Working Group, in agreement with the European Committee of Central Balance Sheet Offices, decided to continue its work in order to gain a better understanding of the differences in financing structures between countries. To this...
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This paper surveys the existing literature on the determinants of household savings and credit in developing countries …
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As part of its efforts to improve the rural economies of its client countries, the World Bank is supporting programs to … benefits, including improved efficiency of land markets, reduction in conflict over land, enhanced access to credit, and …
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interests and complex government subsidy and credit policies. Reform in the telecommunications sector greatly affects the …
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