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This paper surveys that state of fiscal transparency in the wake of the current crisis and looks at what can be done to improve it. It examines the relationship between fiscal transparency and fiscal outcomes; reviews progress in promoting greater fiscal transparency over the past decade; considers...
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The paper considers gains from international economic policy coordination when there is uncertainty concerning the functioning of the world economy, but also learning about the “true” model on the part of policymakers. The paper reports estimates of plausible alternative versions of a...
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time-varying risk. Some work by Abel provided us with the insights needed to produce such formulas. This paper gives a …
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institutions more prone to fail and increasing systemic risk given interconnectedness in the financial system. The implications for … systemic risk and prudential regulation are assessed under the prism of Basel III, and potential solutions involving changes to …
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falling below four. To deal with systemic risks, the authorities deploy a multi-pronged approach consisting of risk …-based supervision, recovery and resolution planning, and conservative risk weights and definitions of loss absorbent capital. Most …
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Efficient and stable payments systems are of fundamental importance in maintaining an orderly international monetary system. Major disruptions of national and international payments systems would have highly adverse effects on international trade, capital flows, and real activity. A key...
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In this paper we identify some of the main factors behind systemic risk in a set of international large-scale complex … risk episodes. In contrast, we find no evidence that a larger size increases systemic risk within the class of large global … banks. We also show that the sensitivity of system-wide risk to an individual bank is asymmetric across episodes of positive …
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. Using data from 49 countries, the paper evaluates the effectiveness of macroprudential instruments in reducing systemic risk …
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This paper evaluates key findings of the Financial System Stability Assessment for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision, Securities Regulation, Insurance Supervision, Payment Systems, Securities...
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household debt levels are the most important potential risk factor and will need to be watched closely. …
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