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Islamic Banks and Financial Stability; An Empirical Analysis

Cihák, Martin; Hesse, Heiko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

and commercial banks in 18 banking systems with a substantial presence of Islamic banking. We find that (i) small Islamic …

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Cooperative Banks and Financial Stability

Cihák, Martin; Hesse, Heiko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Cooperative banks are an important, and growing, part of many financial systems. This paper empirically analyzes the role of cooperative banks in financial stability. Contrary to some suggestions in the literature, we find that cooperative banks are more stable than commercial banks. This...

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Bank Ownership, Market Structure and Risk

Nicoló, Gianni De; Loukoianova, Elena - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper presents a model of a banking industry with heterogeneous banks that delivers predictions on the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826093

Crisis in Competitive Versus Monopolistic Banking Systems

Smith, Bruce D.; Nicoló, Gianni De; Boyd, John H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

risk-averse depositors. A "banking crisis" is defined as a case in which banks exhaust their reserve assets. Under … different model specifications, the banking industry is either a monopoly bank or a competitive banking industry. If the nominal … rate of interest (rate of inflation) is below (above) some threshold, a monopolistic banking system will always result in a …

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Bank Risk-Taking and Competition Revisited; New Theory and New Evidence

Nicoló, Gianni De; Jalal, Abu M.; Boyd, John H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper studies two new models in which banks face a non-trivial asset allocation decision. The first model (CVH) predicts a negative relationship between banks' risk of failure and concentration, indicating a trade-off between competition and stability. The second model (BDN) predicts a...

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Financial Intermediation, Competition, and Risk; A General Equilibrium Exposition

Nicoló, Gianni De; Lucchetta, Marcella - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

We study a simple general equilibrium model in which investment in a risky technology is subject to moral hazard and banks can extract market power rents. We show that more bank competition results in lower economy-wide risk, lower bank capital ratios, more efficient production plans and...

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Lebanon-Determinants of Commercial Bank Deposits in a Regional Financial Center

Finger, Harald; Hesse, Heiko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper empirically examines the demand for commercial bank deposits in Lebanon, a regional financial center. With Lebanon's high fiscal deficits financed largely by domestic commercial banks that rely on deposit funding, deposit growth is a key variable to assess government financing...

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Banking Crises and Crisis Dating; Theory and Evidence

Loukoianova, Elena; Nicoló, Gianni De; Boyd, John H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

Many empirical studies of banking crises have employed "banking crisis" (BC) indicators constructedusing primarily … information on government actions undertaken in response to bank distress. Weformulate a simple theoretical model of a banking …

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Oil Prices and Bank Profitability; Evidence From Major Oil-Exporting Countries in the Middle East and North Africa

Hesse, Heiko; Poghosyan, Tigran - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper analyzes the relationship between oil price shocks and bank profitability. Using data on 145 banks in 11 oil-exporting MENA countries for 1994-2008, we test hypotheses of direct and indirect effects of oil price shocks on bank profitability. Our results indicate that oil price shocks...

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Bank Competition and Financial Stability; A General Equilibrium Exposition

Lucchetta, Marcella; Nicoló, Gianni De - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

We study versions of a general equilibrium banking model with moral hazard under either constant or increasing returns …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401196