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Bank Ownership, Market Structure and Risk

Nicoló, Gianni De; Loukoianova, Elena - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper presents a model of a banking industry with heterogeneous banks that delivers predictions on the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826093

Foreign Banks and the Vienna Initiative; Turning Sinners Into Saints?

Haas, Ralph De; Korniyenko, Yevgeniya; Pivovarsky, Alexander - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

We use data on 1,294 banks in Central and Eastern Europe to analyze how bank ownership and creditor coordination in the form of the Vienna Initiative affected credit growth during the 2008â€“09 crisis. As part of the Vienna Initiative western European banks signed country-specific...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242213

Building Blocks for Effective Macroprudential Policies in Latin America; Institutional Considerations

Imam, Patrick A.; Nier, Erlend; Jácome, Luis Ignacio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

An increasing number of countries - including in Latin America - are reforming their financial stability frameworks in the aftermath of the financial crisis, in order to establish a stronger macroprudential policy function. This paper analyzes existing arrangements for financial stability in...

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A New Heuristic Measure of Fragility and Tail Risks; Application to Stress Testing

Schmieder, Christian; Kinda, Tidiane; Taleb, Nassim N.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper presents a simple heuristic measure of tail risk, which is applied to individual bank stress tests and to public debt. Stress testing can be seen as a first order test of the level of potential negative outcomes in response to tail shocks. However, the results of stress testing can be...

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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 …

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The Late 1990's Financial Crisis in Ecuador; Institutional Weaknesses, Fiscal Rigidities, and Financial Dollarization At Work

Jácome, Luis Ignacio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

respond in a timely manner and efficiently enough to prevent the escalation of the banking crisis and spurred the adoption of … suboptimal policy decisions. Public finance rigidities limited the government's capacity to correct existing imbalances and the … triple banking, currency, and fiscal crisis. …

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Central Bank Involvement in Banking Crises in Latin America

Jácome, Luis Ignacio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

arrangements were in place, which highlights the importance of building a suitable framework for preventing and managing banking …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264086