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Political cycles and bank lending in Russia
Fungáčová, Zuzana; Schoors, Koen; Solanko, Laura; … - 2020
State-owned banks tend to increase lending before elections for the purpose of boosting the re-election odds of incumbent politicians. We employ monthly data on individual banks to study whether Russian banks increased their lending before presidential elections during 2004-2019, a period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012614230
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European banks are not immune to national elections
Fungáčová, Zuzana; Kerola, Eeva; Weill, Laurent - 2024
We investigate whether European banks adjust their loan prices and volumes of new lending in the months running up to major national elections. Using a unique dataset that draws on data covering some 250 banksin 19 Eurozone countries from 2010 to 2020 at monthly frequency, and that includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014483919
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Does corruption hamper bank lending? Macro and micro evidence
Weill, Laurent - 2009
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of corruption in bank lending. Corruption is expected to hamper bank …. Nevertheless the similarities between the consequences for bank lending of law enforcement and corruption are misleading, as they … consider only judiciary corruption. Corruption can also occur in lending and may then be beneficial for bank lending via bribes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148578
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Asymmetric information and loan spreads in Russia: evidence from syndicated loans
Fungáčová, Zuzana; Godlewski, Christophe J.; Weill, … - 2009
This paper considers whether local bank participation exerts an impact on the spreads for syndicated loans in Russia … variables including information on local bank participation and the characteristics of loans and borrowers. Unlike earlier … local presence may influence a foreign bank's monitoring ability and access to information about borrowers. We observe no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148582
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The Influence of Bank Ownership on Credit Supply: Evidence from the Recent Financial Crisis
Fungáčová, Zuzana; Herrala, Risto; Weill, Laurent - 2011
This study examines how bank ownership influenced the credit supply during the recent financial crisis in Russia, where … original approach based on stochastic frontier analysis. Our findings suggest bank ownership affected credit supply during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148653
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Is bank competition detrimental to efficiency? Evidence from China
Fungáčová, Zuzana; Pessarossi, Pierre; Weill, Laurent - 2012
This paper addresses the relationship between bank competition and efficiency by computing Lerner indices and cost … panel estimator framework to evaluate the sign and direction of causality between them. We observe no increase in bank … efficiency. This suggests that measures to increase bank competition in the Chinese context are not detrimental to efficiency. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148686
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Do capital requirements affect bank efficiency? Evidence from China
Pessarossi, Pierre; Weill, Laurent - 2013
This paper contributes to the debate on the effect of capital requirements on bank effieciency. We study the relation … between capital ratio and bank efficiency for Chinese banks over the period 2004?2009, taking advantage of the profound … size of which depends to an extent on the bank's ownership type. Our results therefore suggest that capital requirements …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148714
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The Influence of Bank Ownership on Credit Supply: Evidence from the Recent Financial Crisis
Fungacova, Zuzana; Herrala, Risto; Weill, Laurent - Siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos, Suomen Pankki - 2011
This study examines how bank ownership influenced the credit supply during the recent financial crisis in Russia, where … original approach based on stochastic frontier analysis. Our findings suggest bank ownership affected credit supply during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645239
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Does corruption hamper bank lending? Macro and micro evidence
Weill, Laurent - Siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos, Suomen Pankki - 2009
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of corruption in bank lending. Corruption is expected to hamper bank …. Nevertheless the similarities between the consequences for bank lending of law enforcement and corruption are misleading, as they … consider only judiciary corruption. Corruption can also occur in lending and may then be beneficial for bank lending via bribes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771115
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Asymmetric Information and Loan Spreads in Russia: Evidence from Syndicated Loans
Fungacova, Zuzana; Godlewski, Christophe J.; Weill, Laurent - Siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos, Suomen Pankki - 2009
This paper considers whether local bank participation exerts an impact on the spreads for syndicated loans in Russia … variables including information on local bank participation and the characteristics of loans and borrowers. Unlike earlier … local presence may influence a foreign bank’s monitoring ability and access to information about borrowers. We observe no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034669