We investigate whether globalization influenced credit market deregulation over the period 1970-2010. Globalization is … measured by the KOF indices of globalization. Credit market deregulation is measured by the credit market freedom indicators of … positive correlation between globalization and credit market deregulation. We account for reverse causality by using predicted …

granular effects: if markets are very concentrated in terms of the size distribution of banks, idiosyncratic shocks at the bank … of itself, and it may also influence concentration in banking and thus the impact of bank-specific shocks for the … micro-macro panel dataset. Our research has three main findings: First, bank-level shocks significantly impact on GDP …

current account balance. In contrast, bank privatization and securities market deregulation tend to raise current account …Both global imbalances and financial market (de-)regulation feature prominently among the potential causes of the … effects on the current account. In particular we find that easing bank entry barriers is negatively associated with the …

We analyze whether or not the globalization of capital, ‘disciplines' governments and improves governance. We … demonstrate that globalization affects governance, by increasing a country's vulnerability to sudden capital flight. This … ‘golden straitjacket'. However, globalization may also ‘overdiscipline' governments - resulting in a perverse impact on …

untraded consumer goods in an uncertain productive environment, borrowing funds from a bank in either the home or the foreign … of bank failure is partly borne by taxpayers in the banks' home countries. Moreover, each bank chooses the share of its … lending allocated between domestic and foreign firms, but the bank's overall loan volume is fixed by a capital requirement set …