discipline bank behavior. By controlling for a more comprehensive set of risk/return factors, the study improves upon …

A banking system module is incorporated into the Central Bank of Barbados's multisectoral macroeconomic forecasting … model, and a medium-term forecast is generated for bank capitalization, profitability, liquidity and nonperforming loans …

the real economy. The study also runs an empirical exercise to estimate the costs of bank narrowness and draws policy …

This study examines the recent marked slowdown in bank credit to the private sector in Latin America. Based on the …, changes in bank balance sheets are examined to determine whether the credit slowdown is merely a reflection of a slowdown in … bank deposits, or whether the asset side has changed. Third, following an econometric disequilibrium approach used in …

opted for issuing blanket guarantees on bank liabilities to stop or avoid widespread bank runs. In theory, blanket … guarantees can prevent bank runs if they are credible. However, guarantee could add substantial fiscal costs to bank …