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Lenders can exploit households' payment data to infer their creditworthiness. When households value privacy, they then face a tradeoff between protecting such privacy and credit conditions. We study how the introduction of an informationally more intrusive digital payment vehicle affects...
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lower credit growth to the private sector and with a higher return on assets of the banking sector. Analysis suggests that …
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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 …
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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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Using a sample of publicly listed banks from 62 countries over the 1991-2017 period, we investigate the impact of capital on banks' cost of equity. Consistent with the theoretical prediction that more equity in the capital mix leads to a fall in firms' costs of equity, we find that better...
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Given their pegged exchange rate regimes, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries usually adjust their policy rates to match shifting U.S. monetary policy. This raises the important question of how changes in U.S. monetary policy affect banks in the GCC. We use bank-level panel data, exploiting...
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This paper explores the determinants of profitability across large euro area banks using a novel approach based on conditional profitability distributions. Real GDP growth and the NPL ratio are shown to be the most reliable determinants of bank profitability. However, the estimated conditional...
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-specific uncertainty shocks on cross-border banking flows using the confidential Bank for International Settlements Locational Banking … effect of uncertainty shocks on cross-border banking flows. The results of this analysis suggest that: (i) uncertainty is …
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We present a model in which shadow banking arises endogenously and undermines marketdiscipline on traditional banks … alternative banking strategy that combines high risk-taking with earlyliquidation in times of crisis. We bring the model to bear … andliquidated their assets. We derive an equilibrium in which the shadow banking sectorexpands to a size where its liquidation …
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This paper reviews the empirical relationships between credit growth, economic recovery, and bank profitability in Europe after the global financial crisis (GFC). We find that the post-GFC recoveries in Europe have been weaker than previous recoveries, with the 'double-dip' recessions in 2011-12...
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