Whether and to what extent tougher bank regulation weighs on economic growth is an open empirical question. Using data … from 28 manufacturing industries in 50 countries, we explore the extent to which cross-country differences in bank … enterprises. This relationship, however, exists only for bank-based systems and emerging market economies. In the pre …

The paper analyzes the relationship between bank competition and stability, with a specific focus on the Middle East … and North Africa. Price competition has a positive effect on bank liquidity, as it induces self-discipline incentives on … banks for the choice of bank funding sources and for the holding of liquid assets. On the other hand, price competition may …

This paper studies the impact of bank regulation and taxation in a dynamic model with banks exposed to credit and … liquidity risk. We find an inverted U-shaped relationship between capital requirements and bank lending, efficiency, and welfare …

put more pressure on the banks' capital. Given high bank concentration and large offshore wholesale funding needs, the …

bank may choose insufficient liquidity buffers and transparency. The regulatory response is constained: while liquidity … increase bank incentives to adopt transparency …

Bank liquidity stress testing, which has become de rigueur following the costly lessons of the global financial crisis …

always work best in terms of covering bank loan losses that go beyond what could be expected from economic downturns. Instead …

We examine the role of bank balance sheet strength in the transmission of financial sector shocks to the real economy … bank credit. We find that banks with strong balance sheets were better able to maintain lending during the crisis. In … strong bank balance sheets are key for the recovery of credit following crises, and provide support for regulatory proposals …

by the central bank of Rwanda in response to the domestic liquidity crisis in 2008/09. It emphasises that the …