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Granularity in banking and growth : does financial openness matter?
Bremus, Franziska; Buch, Claudia M. - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786228
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The dynamics of finance-growth-inequality nexus : theory and evidence for India
Pranab Kumar Das; Ganguli, Bhaswati; Marjit, Sugata; … - 2018
rate of growth of capital asset or income whether source of borrowing is bank or money lender. This is then formalized in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952114
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Is the relationship between financial development and economic growth monotonic? : evidence from a sample of middle income countries
Samargandi, Nahla; Fidrmuc, Jan; Ghosh, Sugata - 2014
We revisit the relationship between financial development and economic growth in a panel of 52 middle income countries over the 1980-2008 period, using pooled mean group estimator in a dynamic heterogeneous panel setting. We show that financial development does not have a linear positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340261
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Why countries differ in thin capitalization rules : the role of financial development
Mardan, Mohammed - 2015
In the absence of financial frictions, the purpose of thin capitalization rules is to limit multinational firms’ possibilities of engaging in tax planning via debt shifting. This paper analyzes the effects of thin capitalization rules in the case where firms have limited access to external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010506334
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What drives financial development? : a meta-regression analysis
Doucouliagos, Chris; Haan, Jakob de; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2020
This paper offers a meta-regression analysis of the literature on the drivers of financial development. Our results based on 1900 estimates suggest that institutional quality is positively correlated to both private sector credit and stock market capitalization (both as share of GDP). Domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229266
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Trade, finance and endogenous firm heterogeneity
Bonfiglioli, Alessandra; Crinò, Rosario; Gancia, Gino … - 2016 - This draft: March 2016
We study how financial frictions affect firm-level heterogeneity and trade. We build a model where productivity differences across monopolistically competitive firms are endogenous and depend on investment decisions at the entry stage. By increasing entry costs, financial frictions lower the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447515
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Bank competition, asset allocations and risk of failure : an empirical investigation
Boyd, John H.; De Nicolò, Gianni; Jalal, Abu M. - 2010
This study is an empirical investigation of theoretical predictions concerning the impact of bank competition on bank … banking increases, the loan-to-asset ratio will rise (under reasonable assumptions), but the probability of bank failure can … either increase or decrease. However, the probability of bank failure will fall if and only if borrowers' response to take on …
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Complex financial networks and systemic risk : a review
Bougheas, Spiros P.; Kirman, Alan P. - 2014
In this paper we review recent advances in financial economics in relation to the measurement of systemic risk. We start by reviewing studies that apply traditional measures of risk to financial institutions. However, the main focus of the review is on studies that use network analysis paying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344807
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The performance of banks in the MENA region during the global financial crisis
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Lodh, Suman; Nandy, Monomita - 2016
This paper examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the banking sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as the main determinants of the profitability of both domestic and foreign banks. The empirical findings suggest that during the crisis the former...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481871
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Boring banks and taxes
Aigner, Rafael Christian; Bierbrauer, Felix - 2015 - This version: April 2015
How do taxes in the financial sector affect economic outcomes? We analyze a simple general equilibrium model with financial intermediation. We formalize a trade-off between tax policies that burden the owners of banks and tax policies that burden households. We also study the implications of the...
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