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The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2012
World Bank - 2012
The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2012 is a pocket edition of the Global Financial Inclusion Index (Global Findex) database providing country-level indicators on the use of formal bank accounts, payments behavior, savings patterns, credit patterns, and insurance decisions. It provides...
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Bank activity and funding strategies : the impact on risk and returns
Demirgüç-Kunt, Aslı - 2009
. Overall, banking strategies that rely prominently on generating non-interest income or attracting non-deposit funding are very … risky, which is consistent with the demise of the U.S. investment banking sector. "--World Bank web site …
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Drivers and obstacles to banking SMEs : the role of competition and the institutional framework
Torre, Augusto de la - 2008
"This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the role of competition and the institutional framework. Using a survey of banks in Argentina and Chile, the paper shows that, despite alleged differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520971
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Reaching out : access to and use of banking services across countries
Beck, Thorsten (contributor) - 2005
"The authors (1) present new indicators of banking sector penetration across 99 countries based on a survey of bank … regulatory authorities, (2) show that these indicators predict household and firm use of banking services, (3) explore the … countries, and (4) relate these banking outreach indicators to measures of firms' financing constraints. In particular, they …
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Assessing financial access in Brazil
Kumar, Anjali (contributor) - 2005
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Explaining liberalization commitments in financial services trade
Schuknecht, Ludger - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523435
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Corporate governance in transitional economies : insider control and the role of banks
Kim, Hyung-Ki (contributor); Aoki, Masahiko (contributor) - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526006
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International comparison of the financial system and regulations : special conference issue
Itō, Takatoshi (contributor); Ueda, Kazuo (contributor) - In: Journal of the Japanese and international economies : … 7 (1993) 4, pp. 323-465
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001155346
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Did U.S. Bank Supervisors Get Tougher During the Credit Crunch? Did They Get Easier During the Banking Boom? Did It Matter to Bank Lending?
Berger, Allen N. - 2000
We test three hypotheses regarding changes in supervisory toughness' and their effects on bank lending. The data provide modest support for all three hypotheses that there was an increase in toughness during the credit crunch period (1989-1992), that there was a decline in toughness during the...
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U.S. Banks, Crises, and Bailouts : From Mexico to LTCM
Stulz, Rene M. - 2000
emerging market events in perspective. The LTCM crisis had no significant contagion effects in the banking sector either, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471245