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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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Do Financial Sector Reforms Lead to Financial Development? Evidence From a New Dataset

Tressel, Thierry; Detragiache, Enrica - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

resulted in deeper credit markets. To measure banking sectorreforms we use a new index that tracks policy changes in five … significantly influencethe effect of banking reforms on financial development. …

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Financial Contagion Through Bank Deleveraging; Stylized Facts and Simulations Applied to the Financial Crisis

Tressel, Thierry - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

paper first presents stylized facts of international banking activities during the crisis. It then describes a simple model … liabilities of banks, a global deleveraging of international banking activities can occur. Simple simulations are presented to …€™ banking systems during the financial crisis to calibrate the shock. The outcome of the simulations is compared with the …

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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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Finance in Lower Income Countries; An Empirical Exploration

Gupta, Poonam; Tressel, Thierry; Detragiache, Enrica - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

This paper considers how a comprehensive set of factors relates to financial sector performance in low-income countries (LICs). It finds that corruption and inflation are associated with a shallower and less efficient financial system, while legal origin and characteristics of the supervisory...

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Bankingon the Principles; Compliance with Basel Core Principles and Bank Soundness

Detragiache, Enrica; Tressel, Thierry; Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper studies whether compliance with the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision (BCPs) improves … upgrade banking regulation and supervision should consider giving priority to information provision over other elements of the …

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A New Database of Financial Reforms

Detragiache, Enrica; Abiad, Abdul; Tressel, Thierry - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper introduces a new database of financial reforms, covering 91 economies over 1973–2005. It describes the content of the database, the information sources utilized, and the coding rules used to create an index of financial reform. It also compares the database with other measures of...

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Recent Credit Stagnation in the Mena Region; What to Expect? What Can Be Done?

Chami, Ralph; Espinoza, Raphael A.; Barajas, Adolfo; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

This paper examines the recent credit slowdown among Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries from three analytical angles. First, it finds that, similar to other regions and to its past history, a credit boom preceded the current slowdown, and that a protracted period of sluggish...

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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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