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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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Banks may be unable to refinance short-term liabilities in case of solvency concerns. To manage this risk, banks can … choices, and increase refinancing risk. To be effective, liquidity requirements should be complemented by measures that …
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We revisit the link between bailouts and bank risk taking. The expectation of government support to failing banks … creates moral hazard—increases bank risk taking. However, when a bank’s success depends on both its effort and the overall … invest prudently and so reduce bank risk taking. This systemic insurance effect will be relatively more important when …
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The financial turmoil of the late 1990s prompted a broad search for tools and techniques for detecting and preventing financial crises, and more recent episodes of instability have high lighted the importance of continuous monitoring of financial systems as a tool for preventing crises. This...
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This paper analyzes Rwanda’s Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency, Banking Supervision, and the Financial Action Task Force Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating...
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This paper considers the implementation challenges facing the Basel Committee’s new proposals on bank capital standards. When compared with the existing Capital Accord, the proposals represent a shift across two intersecting dimensions—regulatory versus economic capital, and rules-based...
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lead to a combination of low depositor trust in the banking system and high credit risk. High credit risk stems mainly from … the poor creditor-rights protection and weak auditing and accounting standards. Financial sector reform strategies that …
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The Financial System Stability Assessment of Mauritius assesses the standards and codes and the potential risks and vulnerabilities of the financial system. It summarizes the assessments of the standards and codes on the Basel Core Principles for effective banking supervision, systemically...
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) predicts a negative relationship between banks' risk of failure and concentration, indicating a trade-off between competition … significantly related to concentration. Thus, the risk predictions of the CVH model are rejected, those of the BDN model are not …
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We bring to bear a hand-collected dataset of executive turnovers in U.S. banks to test the efficacy of market discipline in a 'laboratory setting' by analyzing banks that are less likely to be subject to government support. Specifically, we focus on a new face of market discipline: stakeholders'...
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