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Laeven, Luc; Ratnovski, Lev; Tong, Hui - 2014

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Dagher, Jihad C.; Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni; Laeven, Luc; … - 2016

to avoid imposing losses on bank creditors or resorting to public recapitalizations of banks in past banking crises. The …

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The Valuation Effects of Geographic Diversification; Evidence From U.S. Banks

Laeven, Luc; Goetz, Martin R.; Levine, Ross - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper assesses the impact of the geographic diversification of bank holding company (BHC) assets across the United States on their market valuations. Using two novel identification strategies based on the dynamic process of interstate bank deregulation, we find that exogenous increases in...

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The Use of Blanket Guarantees in Banking Crises

Laeven, Luc; Valencia, Fabian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

In episodes of significant banking distress or perceived systemic risk to the financial system, policymakers have often … restructuring programs and may increase moral hazard going forward. Using a sample of 42 episodes of banking crises, this paper …

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Systemic Banking Crises; A New Database

Valencia, Fabian; Laeven, Luc - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper presents a new database on the timing of systemic banking crises and policy responses to resolve them. The … database covers the universe of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2007, with detailed data on crisis containment and …. The database extends and builds on the Caprio, Klingebiel, Laeven, and Noguera (2005) banking crisis database, and is the …

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Systemic Banking Crises Database: An Update

Valencia, Fabian; Laeven, Luc - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

We update the widely used banking crises database by Laeven and Valencia (2008, 2010) with new information on recent … banking, currency, and sovereign debt crises during the period 1970-2011. The data show some striking differences in policy …

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The Real Effects of Financial Sector Interventions During Crises

Valencia, Fabian; Laeven, Luc - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

We collect new data to assess the importance of supply-side credit market frictions by studying the impact of financial sector recapitalization packages on the growth performance of firms in a large cross-section of 50 countries during the recent crisis. We develop an identification strategy...

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Accounting Discretion of Banks During a Financial Crisis

Laeven, Luc; Huizinga, Harry - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper shows that banks use accounting discretion to overstate the value of distressed assets. Banks' balance sheets overvalue real estate-related assets compared to the market value of these assets, especially during the U.S. mortgage crisis. Share prices of banks with large exposure to...

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Resolution of Banking Crises; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Laeven, Luc; Valencia, Fabian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

This paper presents a new database of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2009. While there are many …

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Credit Booms and Lending Standards

Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni - 2008

This paper links the current sub-prime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion of this market. We show that lending standards declined more in areas that experienced larger credit booms and house price increases. We also find that the underlying...

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