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Systemic Risk and Optimal Regulatory Architecture
Espinosa-Vega, Marco A; Matta, Rafael; Kahn, Charles M.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Until the recent financial crisis, the safety and soundness of financial institutions was assessed from the perspective of the individual institution. The financial crisis highlighted the need to take systemic externalities seriously when rethinking prudential oversight and the regulatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293760
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Introducing Islamic Banks Into Coventional Banking Systems
Sole, Juan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Over the last decade, Islamic banking has experienced global growth rates of 10-15 percent per annum, and has been … are present today in over 51 countries. Despite this consistent growth, many supervisory authorities and finance … challenges that countries will face as Islamic banking develops alongside conventional institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825653
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Financial Sector Reforms and Prospects for Financial Integration in Maghreb Countries
Sole, Juan; Sensenbrenner, Gabriel; Tahari, Amor; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
A healthy and dynamic financial sector is essential to achieving high and sustainable economic growth in the Maghreb region-Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. Financial integration within the Maghreb region will help deepen financial markets, increase their efficiency, and enhance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825882
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Procyclicality and Fair Value Accounting
Scarlata, Jodi G.; Sole, Juan; Novoa, Alicia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
In light of the uncertainties about valuation highlighted by the 2007-2008 market turbulence, this paper provides an empirical examination of the potential procyclicality that fair value accounting (FVA) could introduce in bank balance sheets. The paper finds that, while weaknesses in the FVA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825915
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Crisis in Competitive Versus Monopolistic Banking Systems
Smith, Bruce D.; Nicoló, Gianni De; Boyd, John H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
risk-averse depositors. A "banking crisis" is defined as a case in which banks exhaust their reserve assets. Under … different model specifications, the banking industry is either a monopoly bank or a competitive banking industry. If the nominal … rate of interest (rate of inflation) is below (above) some threshold, a monopolistic banking system will always result in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826156
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Banking Crises and Crisis Dating; Theory and Evidence
Loukoianova, Elena; Nicoló, Gianni De; Boyd, John H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
Many empirical studies of banking crises have employed "banking crisis" (BC) indicators constructedusing primarily … information on government actions undertaken in response to bank distress. Weformulate a simple theoretical model of a banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528706
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Cross-Border Financial Surveillance; A Network Perspective
Sole, Juan; Espinosa-Vega, Marco A - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
and funding shocks to the banking systems of a number of selected countries. After that, we show that the inclusion of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533219
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Bank Risk-Taking and Competition Revisited; New Theory and New Evidence
Nicoló, Gianni De; Jalal, Abu M.; Boyd, John H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper studies two new models in which banks face a non-trivial asset allocation decision. The first model (CVH) predicts a negative relationship between banks' risk of failure and concentration, indicating a trade-off between competition and stability. The second model (BDN) predicts a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605287