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Voluntary Debt Reduction : Incentives and Welfare
International Monetary Fund - 1988
In an economy with a debt overhang, investment depends on expected tax rates. On the other hand, expected tax rates depend on the debt’s face value. Therefore investment depends on the face value of debt. I show that this may lead to a positive or negative association between debt and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396009
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Voluntary Debt Reduction : Incentives and Welfare
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of long-term growth performance in a sample of 55 developing countries grouped by income levels. The evidence indicates that a model incorporating the savings rate, export performance, expenditures on human capital development, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396027
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COVID-19 : The Regulatory and Supervisory Implications for the Banking Sector
International Monetary Fund - 2020
This note provides a set of high-level recommendations that can guide national regulatory and supervisory responses to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and offers an overview of measures taken across jurisdictions to date. The banking sector plays a critical role in mitigating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647142
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Regulatory Capture in Banking
International Monetary Fund - 2006
. It is shown that such ""regulatory capture"" in banking does not imply ineffectual regulation; a ""captured"" regulator …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400538
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United States : Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation: Technical Note on Consolidated Regulation and Supervision
International Monetary Fund - 2010
them. Although U.S. consolidated regulation and supervision span from the smallest financial groups to the largest and most … regulation and supervision, as distinct from the actual exercise. It is stressed that, of all the U.S. regulatory bodies, it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403703
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Portugal : Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Securities Regulation, an...
International Monetary Fund - 2006
Portugal’s financial system is sound, well-managed and competitive, with shorter-term risks and vulnerabilities well contained, and with the system buttressed by a strong financial policy framework. Portuguese banks’ profitability, asset quality, and solvency have held up well in recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404840
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Cayman Islands : Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector—Volume I—Review of Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision
International Monetary Fund - 2005
This paper highlights key findings of the assessment of financial sector regulation and supervision in the Cayman … development in the Cayman Islands has introduced an increasingly effective system of regulation, both formalizing earlier … practices and introducing enhanced procedures. The implementation of financial regulation and supervision complies broadly with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405041
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The Bahamas : Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector—Review of Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision
International Monetary Fund - 2004
This paper reviews Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision in The Bahamas. The assessment reveals that the overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405558
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Bermuda : Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector—Volume I—Review of Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision
International Monetary Fund - 2005
This paper assesses the financial sector regulation and supervision in Bermuda in the context of the offshore financial … in banking, the key areas of securities regulation, and antimoney laundering and combating the financing of terrorism … (AML/CFT). Banking supervision is largely in conformity with the Basel Core Principles. The regulation of investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405650
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Turks and Caicos Islands : Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector—Review of Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision
International Monetary Fund - 2005
This paper reviews Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision for Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). The TCI has a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405884