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Deposit Insurance Regulatory forbearance and Economic Growth; Implications for the Japanese Banking Crisis

Kletzer, Kenneth; Dekle, Robert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

forbearance lead to banking crises and growth declines. The model assumptions are based on features of the Japanese financial … system and regulation. The model demonstrates how banking and growth crises can evolve under perfect foresight. The dynamics …

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Banking Structure and Credit Growth in Central and Eastern European Countries

Aydin, Burcu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Recent developments have increased questions about vulnerabilities in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE) that are experiencing credit booms. This paper analyzes the role of foreign-owned banks in these credit booms. The results show that the CEE countries depend on foreign banks, and...

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The Optimal Level of Foreign Reserves in Financially Dollarized Economies; The Case of Uruguay

Gonçalves, Fernando M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper extends the framework derived by Jeanne and Rancière (2006) by explicitly incorporating the dollarization of bank deposits into the analysis of the optimal level of foreign reserves for prudential purposes. In the extended model, a sudden stop in capital flows occurs in tandem with a...

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Banks and Monetary Shocks in Emerging Markets; How Far Can We Go with the "Credit View"?

Catão, Luis; Rodriguez, Sergio L. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper examines the propagation of monetary shocks in a two-good optimizing macromodel where domestic banking …

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Collateral in Loan Classification and Provisioning

Song, Inwon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

Adequate loan classification practices are an essential part of a sound and effective credit risk-management process in a bank. Failure to identify deterioration in credit quality in a timely manner can aggravate and prolong the problem. Two key issues arise with regard to the use of collateral...

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The Role of the Prudential Supervision and Financial Restructuring of Banks During Transition to Indirect Instruments of Monetary Control

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1996

This paper proposes a stylized sequencing of banking supervision and bank restructuring measures designed to complement …

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Responsibility of Central Banks for Stability in Financial Markets

Schinasi, Garry J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

What is the role of central banks in ensuring financial stability? This paper addresses this controversial subject, in part by drawing on the experiences in Europe, Japan, and the United States, and by examining four questions. What is meant by financial stability? Do central banks have a...

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The Reform of Italian Cooperative Banks; Discussion of Proposals

Gutierrez, Eva - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper argues that the governance framework of cooperative banks may hamper raising capital, particularly at time of distress, complicating the bank resolution process ?specially for large banks?and may not provide adequate incentives to control banks' management. Reforms should preserve the...

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The Monetary Policy Regime and Banking Spreads in Barbados

Valderrama, Laura; Samuel, Wendell A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

The paper analyzes the determinants of banking spreads in Barbados, with a view to identifying the role of the monetary … suggested by its macroeconomic performance. Banking concentration and bank-specific variables, including bank size and …

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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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