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Are the corporate governance standard in banks in the CEE countries low hanging fruit?

Slomka-Golebiowska, Agnieszka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

difficult financial situation at the cost of their subsidiaries based in Poland. Implementing regulation recommended by the …

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Regulation and supervision of microfinance institutions: an example of cooperative credit society

FOUNANOU, Mathurin; M; RATSIMALAHELO, Zaka; Z - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We study the optimal regulation of a cooperative credit society which has private information on the intrinsic quality …

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Incentives, Supervision and Regulation of Microfinance Institutions in the developing countries

Founanou, Mathurin; Ratsimalahelo, Zaka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We analyze the optimal regulation of a MFI that has private information on the intrinsic quality of its loan portfolio … and costs of regulation in terms of leaving an informational rent for a high quality MFI. We identify conditions for the …

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Role of regulation in micro finance: application of the Micro Savings Requirement Scheme in informal sectors

Marianne, Ojo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper not only addresses how linkages, direct and facilitating linkages, can benefit microfinance institutions – and particularly in jurisdictions where the Savings Group Outreach involvement is particularly low, but also illustrates ways and means whereby group lending and other more...

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The financial crisis and the credit rating agencies: the failure of reputation

Miele, Maria Grazia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper presents a theoretical framework to describe the behaviour of the credit rating agencies(CRAs) during the crisis, surveying some reputational game models. CRAs have been blamed of inflating ratings of the new credit risk transfer products (CRTs) and of acting in favour of issuers...

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Banks’ Capital Buffer, Risk and Performance in the Canadian Banking System: Impact of Business Cycles and Regulatory Changes

Guidara, Alaa; Lai, Van Son; Soumaré, Issouf; Tchana … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Using quarterly financial statements and stock market data from 1982 to 2010 for the six largest Canadian chartered banks, this paper documents positive co-movement between Canadian banks’ capital buffer and business cycles. The adoption of Basel Accords and the balance sheet leverage cap...

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Barriers to entry : abolishing the barriers to understanding

Keppler, Jan Horst - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

BARRIERS TO ENTRY: ABOLISHING THE BARRIERS TO UNDERSTANDING by Jan-Horst Keppler Professor of economics Université Paris – Dauphine, LEDa, and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, PHARE Port.: (+33 6) 77 81 37 46; Email: jan.keppler@dauphine.fr. Abstract The concept of a barrier to entry...

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Effects of corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility policies

Armstrong, J. Scott; Green, Kesten C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This article reviews experimental evidence on the effects of policies intended to promote behavior by firms that is more socially responsible and less socially irresponsible. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can provide firms with opportunities for profit, but changes are likely to increase...

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Agency Conflicts, Expropriation and Firm Value: Evidence from Securities-Market Regulation in China

Henk, Berkman; Rebel, Cole; Fu, Lawrence - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

disproportionately benefited relative to firms with strong governance. Our evidence provides new support for the theory of La Porta et al …. (2002) that better investor protection results in higher firm valuations. It also is supportive of the theory of Glaeser …, Johnson and Shleifer (2001) that securities-market regulation can create substantial value for minority shareholders in a …

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Risk management by the Basel Committee: evaluating progress made from the 1988 Basel Accord to recent developments

Ojo, Marianne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper traces developments from the inception of the 1988 Basel Capital Accord to its present form (Basel II). In highlighting the flaws of the 1988 Accord, an evaluation is made of the Basel Committee’s efforts to address such weaknesses through Basel II. Whilst considerable progress has...

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