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resulted in deeper credit markets. To measure banking sectorreforms we use a new index that tracks policy changes in five … significantly influencethe effect of banking reforms on financial development. …
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multivariate probability model-and their application to studying the determinants of banking crises. The use of these models to … provide early warnings for crises is also reviewed, as are studies of the economic effects of banking crises and of the …
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Using aggregate and bank level data for several countries, the paper studies what happens to the banking system in the … aftermath of a banking crisis. Contemporary crises are not accompanied by declines in aggregate bank deposits, and credit does …
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Foreign banks have greatly increased their presence in emerging market countries in recent years. This paper compares the performance of domestic banks and a long-established group of foreign banks during the recent crisis in Malaysia. We find that the sharpest differences are between banks...
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activity, then sectors more dependent on external finance should perform relatively worse during banking crises. The evidence … across sectors are stronger in developing countries, in countries with less access to foreign finance, and where banking …Banking crises are usually followed by a decline in credit and growth. Is this because crises tend to take place during …
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This paper studies whether compliance with the Basel Core Principles for effective banking supervision (BCPs) is …
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This paper considers how a comprehensive set of factors relates to financial sector performance in low-income countries (LICs). It finds that corruption and inflation are associated with a shallower and less efficient financial system, while legal origin and characteristics of the supervisory...
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This paper studies whether compliance with the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision (BCPs) improves … upgrade banking regulation and supervision should consider giving priority to information provision over other elements of the …
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This paper introduces a new database of financial reforms, covering 91 economies over 1973–2005. It describes the content of the database, the information sources utilized, and the coding rules used to create an index of financial reform. It also compares the database with other measures of...
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Using a multi-country panel of banks, we study whether better capitalized banks experienced higher stock returns during the financial crisis. We differentiate among various types of capital ratios: the Basel risk-adjusted ratio; the leverage ratio; the Tier I and Tier II ratios; and the tangible...
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