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States and Markets in Latin America: The political economy of economic interventionism

Lewis, Colin M. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

The state is conceptually distinct from both economy and society, with inherent interests in expanding its scope for autonomous action, asserting control over economic and social interactions, and structuring economic and social relations. These interests derive primarily from the state’s...

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Markets With, Without, and in Spite of States: West Africa in the Pre-colonial Nineteenth Century

Austin, Gareth - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

This paper offers one Africanist’s perspective on the question (to paraphrase Patrick O’Brien) of how, where, when and why a sample of states encouraged or restrained economic growth from recurring. The last phrase places the focus where it belongs: the issue in Sub-Saharan economic history...

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Early Childhood Interventions and Outcomes

Waldfogel, Jane - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

Recent advances in brain research have provided new evidence thatearly experience matters and have greatly increased interest in theeffects of early childhood interventions on outcomes for children. Thispaper reviews what is now known about the potential benefits andpotential ill effects of...

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Banks’ Payments-Driven Revenues

Radecki, Lawrence J. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1999

bankingindustry. This goal is served by taking a broad view of thepayments business and analyzing information provided bylarge bank …

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Supervisory Information and the Frequency of Bank Examinations

Hirtle, Beverly J.; López, José A. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1999

length of time between bank examinations affects thequality of information available to supervisors. For thesepurposes, we … condition of a bank. Our analysisassumes that examination information incorporates twotypes of data: information available from … information that can be obtained onlythrough on-site examinations, such as confidential informationabout a bank’s troubled assets …

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Macro Markets and Financial Security

Athanasoulis, Stefano; Shiller, Robert J.; Van Wincoop, Eric - Yale University <New Haven, Conn.> / Department of Economics; … - 1999

[...]We address several questions in this paper. First,how could macro markets be useful to the average person?Second, how large are the potential benefits from diversificationif these markets were to be introduced andused optimally? Third, can existing financial marketsachieve a similar degree...

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The Impact of Capital Requirements on U.K. Bank Behaviour

Ediz, Tolga; Michael, Ian; Perraudin, William - Bank of England <London>; London School of Economics … - 1998

[...]The most obvious possible, and undesirable,impact on bank behaviour of risk-weighted capital requirementsis that …

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Assessing the Impact of Prompt Corrective Action on Bank Capital and Risk

Aggarwal, Raj; Jacques, Kevin T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1998

[...]This paper examines the impact that the PCAstandards had on bank portfolios following the passage ofFDICIA in 1991 … (1997) to study the impactof risk-based capital, is used to examine how PCA simultaneouslyinfluenced bank capital ratios and … capitaland portfolio risk is explicitly recognized, and as such, theimpact of possible changes in bank capital ratios on risk ina …

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Fair Value Accounting and Regulatory Capital Requirements

Yonetani, Tatsuya; Katsuo, Yuko - Bank von Japan; Tokio / Tokio-Universität; London … - 1998

Advocates of fair value accounting believe that fair valuesprovide more relevant measures of assets, liabilities, andearnings than do historical costs. These advocates assertthat fair value accounting better reflects underlying economicvalues. The advantages of this method—and thecorresponding...

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Industry Practices in Credit Risk Modeling and Internal Capital Allocations: Implications for a Models-Based Regulatory Capital Standard

Jones, David; Mingo, John - United States / Reserve Board; London School of … - 1998

Bank supervisors have long recognized two types of shortcomingsin the Basle Accord’s risk-based capital (RBC …)framework. First, the regulatory measures of “capital” maynot represent a bank’s true capacity to absorb unexpectedlosses. Deficiencies …

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