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Financial markets, credit constraints, and investment in rural Romania
Chaves, Rodrigo (contributor) - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524187
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Capital requirements, screening and interlinked sharecropping and credit contracts
Braverman, Avishay; Guasch, J. Luis - 1982
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001941978
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Scaling-Up SME Access to Financial Services
World Bank - 2013
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a major role in economic development, particularly in emerging countries, but access to finance remains a key constraint to SME. In the light of the new understanding of the SME finance challenges that this report synthesizes, the Financial Inclusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557401
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393736
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Banking in Brazil : structure, performance, drivers, and policy implications
Urdapilleta, Eduardo - 2009
" The objective of this paper is to analyze the industry structure of banking services in Brazil in order to shed light … designing public policy for the banking sector. In particular, retail banking is found to be less sensitive to price competition … and to exhibit considerably higher returns than corporate banking. The authors identify and discuss the factors underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394103
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394131
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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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The 2007 meltdown in structured securitization : searching for lessons, not scapegoats
Caprio, Gerard - 2008
"The intensity of recent turbulence in financial markets has surprised nearly everyone. This paper searches out the root causes of the crisis, distinguishing them from scapegoating explanations that have been used in policy circles to divert attention from the underlying breakdown of incentives....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521003
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Bank competition and financial stability
Berger, Allen N. - 2008
"Under the traditional "competition-fragility" view, more bank competition erodes market power, decreases profit margins, and results in reduced franchise value that encourages bank risk taking. Under the alternative "competition-stability" view, more market power in the loan market may result...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521063
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Finance for all? : policies and pitfalls in expanding access
Demirgüc-Kunt, Asli - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521464