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Post-Crisis Changes in Global Bank Business Models : A New Taxonomy
Caparusso, John - 2020
The Global Financial Crisis unleashed changes in the operating and regulatory environments for large international banks. This paper proposes a novel taxonomy to identify and track business model evolution for the 30 Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs). Drawing from banks' reporting, it...
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Drivers of Cross-Border Banking in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mathieu, Paul - 2019
identifies some key patterns of cross-border investment in bank subsidiaries by key banking groups in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA …) and discusses some of the determinants of this investment. Using a gravity model relating the annual value of a banking …-border banking is in part driven by a search for yield, diversification, and expansion for strategic reasons …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865119
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Capital Flows : The Role of Bank and Nonbank Balance Sheets
Hashimoto, Yuko - 2019
This paper assesses the role of bank and nonbank financial institutions' balance sheet foreign exposures and risk management practices in driving capital flow responses to global risk. Using a unique and previously unexplored dataset on domestic and cross border balance sheet positions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012869282
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Comap : Mapping Contagion in the Euro Area Banking Sector
Covi, Giovanni - 2019
the global banking system. Drawing on a unique dataset, the paper documents the degree of interconnectedness and systemic … risk of the euro area banking system based on bilateral linkages. We develop a Contagion Mapping model fully calibrated … tipping points shifting the euro area banking system from a less vulnerable state to a highly vulnerable state are a non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864120
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Fiscal Policy and the Economic Restructuring of Economies in Transition
Tanzi, Vito - 2006
This paper discusses major fiscal issues faced by the previously centrally planned economies in their transition to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012781764
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Establishing a Performance Management Framework for Government
Diamond, Jack - 2021
Based on the experience of budget management reforms that have been introduced over the last two decades in a large number of member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) it is not uncommon to find emerging market economies moving toward performance-based...
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Deepening the EU's Single Market for Services
Ebeke, Christian - 2020
The services sector is increasingly important for the euro area economy, but productivity growth in the sector has stalled over the past two decades. Remaining barriers to cross-border trade in services within the EU Single Market contribute to this weak performance. Our empirical analysis...
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Competition, Competitiveness and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cherif, Reda - 2020
Does greater product market competition improve external competitiveness and growth? This paper examines this question by using country-and firm-level data for a sample of 39 sub-Saharan African countries over 2000-17, as well as other emerging market economies and developing countries, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839680
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Corruption, Governmental Activities, and Markets
Tanzi, Vito - 2006
Paper discusses the factors that contribute to the spread of corruption as well as the implications of corruption for markets and for public sector activities. It is argued that corruption can be contained mainly by a scaling down of the public sector activities that stimulate its growth
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012781630
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Productivity Drag from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Japan
Colacelli, Mariana - 2019
Productivity growth in Japan, as in most advanced economies, has moderated. This paper finds supportive evidence for the important role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in explaining Japan's modest productivity growth. Results show a substantial dispersion in firm-level productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865835