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Winning Connections? Special Interests and the Sale of Failed Banks
Igan, Deniz - 2018
We study how lobbying affects the resolution of failed banks, using a sample of FDIC auctions between 2007 and 2014. We … higher costs in such auctions, amounting to 16.4 percent of the total resolution losses. We also find that lobbying winners … have worse operating and stock market performance than their non-lobbying counterparts, suggesting that lobbying results in …
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Systemic Risk Assessment in Low Income Countries : Balancing Financial Stability and Development
Marchettini, Daniela - 2015
We propose a toolkit for the assessment of systemic risk buildup in low income countries. We show that, due to non-linearity in the relationship between credit and financial stability, the assessment should be conducted with different tools at different stages of financial development. In...
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What Matters for Financial Development and Stability?
Almarzoqi, Raja - 2015
This study aims to identify policies that influence the development of financial institutions as measured across three dimensions: depth, efficiency, and stability. Applying the concept of the financial possibility frontier, developed by Beck & Feyen (2013) and formalized by Barajas et al...
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Does Openness Matter for Financial Development in Africa?
David, Antonio C. - 2014
This paper analyzes the links between financial and trade openness and financial development in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. It is based on a panel dataset using methods that tackle slope heterogeneity, cross-sectional dependence and non-stationarity, important econometric problems that...
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Financial Development and Source of Growth : New Evidence
Ben Naceur, Sami - 2017
This paper examines how financial development affects the sources of growth-productivity and investment-using a sample of 145 countries for the period 1960-2011. We employ a range of econometric approaches, focusing on the CCA and MENA countries. The analysis looks beyond financial depth to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950363
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Credit Booms and Macroeconomic Dynamics : Stylized Facts and Lessons for Low-Income Countries
Arena, Marco - 2015
Using a comprehensive database on bank credit, covering 135 developing countries over the period 1960–2011, we identify, document, and compare the macro-economic dynamics of credit booms across low- and middle-income countries. The results suggest that while the duration and magnitude of...
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The Development of Local Capital Markets : Rationale and Challenges
Laeven, Luc - 2015
Capital markets can improve risk sharing and the efficiency with which capital is allocated to the real economy, boosting economic growth and welfare. However, despite these potential benefits, not all countries have well developed capital markets. Moreover, government-led initiatives to develop...
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Domestic Amplifiers of External Shocks : Growth Accelerations and Reversals in Emerging Market and Developing Economies
Gruss, Bertrand - 2019
External conditions have been found to influence the tendency of emerging market and developing economies to experience episodes of growth accelerations and reversals. In this paper we study the role of domestic policies and other structural attributes in amplifying or mitigating the effect that...
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Capital Inflows, Financial Development, and Domestic Investment : Determinants and Inter-Relationships
Luca, Oana - 2012
We examine determinants of, and interactions between, capital inflows, financial development, and domestic investment in developing countries during 2001-07, a period of surging global liquidity and low interest rates. Reductions in the global price of risk and in domestic borrowing costs were...
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Loss-of-Learning and the Post-COVID Recovery in Low-Income Countries
Buffie, Edward F.; Adam, Christopher; Zanna, Luis-Felipe; … - 2022
We analyze the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lock-down measures on low-income countries. We focus on the impact over the medium-run of the degradation of health and human capital caused by the pandemic and its aftermath, exploring the trade-offs between...
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