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The countercyclical capital buffer and the composition of bank lending
Auer, Raphael A.; Ongena, Steven - 2019
question, we identify the compositional changes in banks' supply of credit using the variation in their holdings of residential …
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Business cycles, credit cycles and bank holdings of sovereign bonds : historical evidence for Italy 1861 - 2013
Bartoletto, Silvana; Chiarini, Bruno; Marzano, Elisabetta; … - 2015
We propose a joint dating of the Italian business and credit cycle on a historical horizon, by applying a local turning … carry out some statistical tests for comovement between credit and business cycle and we propose a measure of asymmetry of … this comovement, which proves to be weaker in recessions. We find evidence that credit and business cycle are poorly …
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How has the global financial crisis affected syndicated loan terms in emerging markets? : evidence from China
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Lodh, Suman; Nandy, Monomita - 2015
This paper examines the impact of the recent global financial crisis on the cost of debt capital (syndicated loans) in a leading emerging market, namely China, using difference-in-differences and GARCH approaches. Before the crisis China adopted banking reforms allowing entry of foreign banks...
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Loan loss pprovision : some empirical evidence for Italian banks
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Alessi, Matteo; Di Colli, Stefano - 2015
This paper uses data from a panel of more than 400 Italian banks for the period 2001 - 2012 to examine the main determinants of loan loss provision (LLP), which are classified as either discretionary (income smoothing, capital management, signalling) or non-discretionary (related to the business...
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The dollar and corporate borrowing costs
Meisenzahl, Ralf R.; Niepmann, Friederike; … - 2020
We show that U.S. dollar movements affect syndicated loan terms for U.S. borrowers, even for those without trade exposure. We identify the effect of dollar movements using spread and loan amount adjustments during the syndication process. Using this high-frequency, within loan variation, we find...
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The loan puzzle : a study of loans to different groups in the USA.
Cafiso, Gianluca - 2020
We study loans from banking and non-banking lenders to different groups of borrowers in order to unveil significant differences on how those respond to a shock and evaluate possible alternative explanations for such differences. The objective is to gain insights useful to explain the loan...
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The dynamics of finance-growth-inequality nexus : theory and evidence for India
Pranab Kumar Das; Ganguli, Bhaswati; Marjit, Sugata; … - 2018
The purpose of this research study has been to expand our understanding of the finance-growth "nexus" to finance-growth-inequality "nexus" in the presence of both the formal and the informal sources of borrowing. Using empirical evidence of IHDS Survey data for two rounds the study attempts to...
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Dangerous waters : the economic toll of piracy on maritime shipping
Molina, Renato; Villaseñor-Derbez, Juan Carlos; … - 2024
responses that underpin them. Here, we combine theory and a unique geospatial dataset combining more than 25 million shipping … behaviour and aggregate transportation cost, as well as its environmental impact, with major implications for the shipping …
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Female migration : a way out of discrimination?
Ruyssen, Ilse; Salomone, Sara - 2015
In light of the recent feminization of migration, we empirically explore to what extent worldwide female migration can be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and preparation to emigrate from 150 countries between...
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Tax vs. regulation policy and the location of financial sector FDI
Merz, Julia; Overesch, Michael; Wamser, Georg - 2015
This paper analyzes how corporate taxation and regulatory requirements affect the location of financial sector FDI. We use novel information on new financial services entities established by multinational firms in 83 host countries. We find a negative effect of host country taxes on the...
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