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Transparency and International Investor Behavior
Wei, Shang-Jin; Gelos, Gaston - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Does country "transparency" affect international portfolio investment? We examine this and related questions using a unique micro dataset on international portfolio holdings. We employ various indices of government and corporate transparency, focusing on the availability and quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826295
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Overview of the Indian Corporate Sector: 1989-2002
Topalova, Petia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper uses firm-level data to examine the performance of India's nonfinancial corporate sector since 1989 and evaluate its financial vulnerabilities. While promising trends in liquidity, profitability, and leverage of the sector emerged in the early 1990s, they experienced a reversal after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768803
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Securitization: The Road Ahead
Basurto, Miguel A. Segoviano; Jones, Bradley; Lindner, Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
of a diversified non-bank investor base for securitization in Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163129
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Securitization: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead
Basurto, Miguel A. Segoviano; Jones, Bradley; Lindner, Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper examines the financial stability implications arising from securitization markets, with one eye on the past and another on the future. The paper begins by deriving a number of “lessons learned†based on an examination of key industry developments in the years before the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142086
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Bank Efficiency in Sub-Saharan African Middle Income Countries
Chen, Chuling - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
We use bank level data to study the efficiency of banks in Sub-Saharan African middle-income countries and provide … possible explanations for the difference in the efficiency levels of banks. We find that banks, on average, could save 20 … and domestic private banks. Among the factors that could affect the efficiency levels are macroeconomic stability, depth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826655
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A Cross-Country Non-Parametric Analysis of Bahrain's Banking Sector
Manole, Vlad; Grigorian, David A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
terms of scale efficiency, the banks in Bahrain operate at the same level as banks in Singapore and their closest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599768
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Explaining Efficiency Differences Among Large German and Austrian Banks
Hauner, David - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
Cost-efficiency, scale efficiency, and productivity change are estimated by data envelopment analysis; and cost-efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604932
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Bangladesh; Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Executive Directors commend Bangladesh in addressing the major challenges to growth and poverty reduction. The strategy … is comprehensive and confronts the key issues impeding sustainable development and inclusive growth in Bangladesh …
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Bangladesh; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
The Sixth Five Year Plan, as outlined in Bangladesh's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, targets strategic growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244942
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Bangladesh; First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion—Staff Report, Staf...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
with election-year uncertainty in Bangladesh poses the most immediate challenge to policymakers. The balance of risks is to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245314