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Markose, Sheri M. - 2012

Financial network analysis is used to provide firm level bottom-up holistic visualizations of interconnections of financial obligations in global OTC derivatives markets. This helps to identify Systemically Important Financial Intermediaries (SIFIs), analyse the nature of contagion propagation,...

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Financial intermediation costs in low-income countries : the role of regulatory, institutional, and macroeconomic factors

Poghosyan, Tigran - 2012

We analyze factors driving persistently higher financial intermediation costs in low-income countries (LICs) relative to emerging market (EMs) country comparators. Using the net interest margin as a proxy for financial intermediation costs at the bank level, we find that within LICs a...

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Financial Intermediation, Competition, and Risk

De Nicoló, Gianni - 2009

We study a simple general equilibrium model in which investment in a risky technology is subject to moral hazard and banks can extract market power rents. We show that more bank competition results in lower economy-wide risk, lower bank capital ratios, more efficient production plans and...

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The Transmission of Financial Stress from Advanced to Emerging Economies

Danninger, Stephan - 2009

This paper studies how financial stress is transmitted from advanced to emerging economies, using a new financial stress index for emerging economies. An episode of financial stress is defined as a period when the financial system's ability to intermediate may be impaired. Previous financial...

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Does Good Financial Performance Mean Good Financial Intermediation in China?

Feyzioglu, Tarhan - 2009

Chinese banks generate large profits and have relatively low nonperforming loans. However, good financial performance does not, in itself, guarantee that banks efficiently intermediate the economy's financial resources. This paper first examines how efficient Chinese banks are in financial...

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Disintermediation and Monetary Transmission in Canada.

Roldos, Jorge - 2006

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. FINANCIAL DEREGULATION AND DISINTERMEDIATION -- III. CHANGES IN MONETARY TRANSMISSION: EVIDENCE FROM VAR MODELS -- IV. CHANGES IN MONETARY TRANSMISSION: EVIDENCE FROM STRUCTURAL MODELS -- V. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- References.

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Banking Spreads in Latin America.

Gelos, Gaston - 2006

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Government bonds and their investors : what are the facts and do they matter?

Andritzky, Jochen R. - 2012

This paper introduces a new dataset on the composition of the investor base for government securities in the G20 advanced economies and the euro area. During the last decades, investors from abroad have increased their presence in government bond markets. The financial crisis broke this trend....

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Environmental Tax Reform : Principles from Theory and Practice to Date

Parry, Ian W.H - 2012

energy/environmental tax systems in Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam suggests that there is substantial scope for policy … Reforms: The Case of Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam -- A. Comparing Energy Systems in Sweden, Germany, Turkey, and … Energy under the Value-Added Tax System -- 5. Environmental Tax Reforms in Sweden, Germany, Turkey, and Vietnam -- References. …

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Determinants of Interest Rate Spreads in Solomon Islands

Rebei, Nooman - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

Bank interest rate spreads in Solomon Islands are high by regional standards. This paper examines the determinants of bank interest rates including bank specific, banking sector, macroeconomic, and legal indicators. The results show that the scale of operation, overhead costs, concentration...

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