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Policies for Macrofinancial Stability; How to Deal with Credit Booms

Bakker, Bas B.; Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni; Laeven, Luc; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This note explores the costs and benefits of different policy options to reduce the risks associated with credit booms, drawing upon several country experiences and the findings from econometric analysis.

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Introduction to Applied Stress Testing

Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Stress testing is a useful and increasingly popular, yet sometimes misunderstood, method of analyzing the resilience of financial systems to adverse events. This paper aims to help demystify stress tests, and illustrate their strengths and weaknesses. Using an Excel-based exercise with...

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Estimating Spillover Risk Among Large EU Banks

Ong, Li L.; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

prices and financial statements of these banks. The results suggest that spillovers within domestic banking systems generally …

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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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The Valuation Effects of Geographic Diversification; Evidence From U.S. Banks

Laeven, Luc; Goetz, Martin R.; Levine, Ross - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper assesses the impact of the geographic diversification of bank holding company (BHC) assets across the United States on their market valuations. Using two novel identification strategies based on the dynamic process of interstate bank deregulation, we find that exogenous increases in...

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Financial Stability Reports:What Are they Good for?

Muñoz, Sònia; Jahjah, Samir; Cihák, Martin; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

The global financial crisis has renewed policymakers' interest in improving the policy framework for financial stability, and an open question is to what extent and in what form should financial stability reports be part of it. We examine the recent experience with central banks' financial...

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The Bright and the Dark Side of Cross-Border Banking Linkages

Muñoz, Sònia; Scuzzarella, Ryan; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

When a country's banking system becomes more linked to the global banking network, does that system get more or less … prone to a banking crisis? Using model simulations and econometric estimates based on a world-wide dataset, we find an M …-shaped relationship between financial stability of a country's banking sector and its interconnectedness. In particular, for banking …

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The Case for a European Banking Charter

Cihák, Martin; Decressin, Jörg - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

regimes--a European Banking Charter (EBC)--could harness market forces to establish a level playing field for financial sector …

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Are More Competitive Banking Systems More Stable?

Cihák, Martin; Wolfe, Simon; Schaeck, Klaus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

competitive conduct of financial institutions and banking system fragility. Using the Panzar and Rosse H-Statistic as a measure … for competition in 38 countries during 1980-2003, we present evidence that more competitive banking systems are less prone …

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