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The Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Transmission; Does it Work in Turkey?
Brooks, Petya Koeva - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
on loan supply in Turkey. This suggests that the effect of monetary policy in Turkey can be propagated by the banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248226
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What’S the Damage? Medium-Term Output Dynamics After Banking Crises
Abiad, Abdul; Brooks, Petya Koeva; Tytell, Irina; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper investigates the medium-term behavior of output following banking crises, and its association with pre- and … post-crisis conditions and policies. We find that output tends to be depressed substantially following banking crises, with … associated with medium-run output losses include the short-run change in output, the occurrence of a joint banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540924
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Why Are Canadian Banks More Resilient?
Huang, Rocco; Ratnovski, Lev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper explores factors behind Canadian banks' relative resilience in the ongoing credit turmoil. We identify two main causes: a higher share of depository funding (vs. wholesale funding) in liabilities, and a number of regulatory and structural factors in the Canadian market that reduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528633
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The Performance of Indian Banks During Financial Liberalization
Brooks, Petya Koeva - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the impact of financial liberalization on the performance of Indian commercial banks. The analysis focuses on examining the behavior and determinants of bank intermediation costs and profitability during the liberalization period. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599475
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Liquidity and Transparency in Bank Risk Management
Ratnovski, Lev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Banks may be unable to refinance short-term liabilities in case of solvency concerns. To manage this risk, banks can accumulate a buffer of liquid assets, or strengthen transparency to communicate solvency. While a liquidity buffer provides complete insurance against small shocks, transparency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790317
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The Dark Side of Bank Wholesale Funding
Ratnovski, Lev; Huang, Rocco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Banks increasingly use short-term wholesale funds to supplement traditional retail deposits. Existing literature mainly points to the "bright side" of wholesale funding: sophisticated financiers can monitor banks, disciplining bad but refinancing good ones. This paper models a "dark side" of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646421
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Externalities and Macroprudential Policy
Nicoló, Gianni De; Favara, Giovanni; Ratnovski, Lev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This note overviews macroprudential policy options that have been proposed to address the systemic risks experienced during the recent financial crisis. It contributes to the policy debate by providing a taxonomy of macroprudential policies in terms of the specific negative externalities in the...
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