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Possible Unintended Consequences of Basel III and Solvency II
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
In today's financial system, complex financial institutions are connected through an opaque network of financial exposures. These connections contribute to financial deepening and greater savings allocation efficiency, but are also unstable channels of contagion. Basel III and Solvency II should...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203537
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Leverage? : what leverage? ; a deep dive into the U.S. flow of funds in search of clues to the global crisis
Bhatia, Ashok Vir; Bayoumi, Tamim A. - 2012
This paper questions the view that leverage should have forewarned us of the global financial crisis of 2007-09, pointing to several gearing indicators that were neither useful portents of the onset of the crisis nor of its ferocity. Instead it shows, first, that the use of ill-suited collateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618519
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Money and collateral
Kumar, Manmohan S.; Stella, Peter - 2012
Between 1980 and before the recent crisis, the ratio of financial market debt to liquid assets rose exponentially in the U.S. (and in other financial markets), reflecting in part the greater use of securitized assets to collateralize borrowing. The subsequent crisis has reduced the pool of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009614541
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An Investigation of Some Macro-Financial Linkages of Securitization
Long, Xin - 2009
financial sector stability) to the fast rise of securitization and the way it has arguably complicated both the conduct of … innovation, specifically through securitization, has altered the nature of some macro-financial linkages, often with considerable … policy implications. We find that securitization activity in the United States (mature market) and South Afr …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677712
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The Credit Risk Transfer Market and Stability Implications for U.K. Financial Institutions
Ong, Li L.; Chan-Lau, Jorge A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
The increasing ability to trade credit risk in financial markets has facilitated its dispersion across the financial and other sectors. However, specific risks attached to credit risk transfer (CRT) instruments in a market with still-limited liquidity means that its rapid expansion may actually...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826449
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From Crisis to Recovery in Korea; Strategy, Achievements, and Lessons
Kang, Kenneth; Liang, Hong; Ma, Henry; Richards, Anthony J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper reviews and draws lessons from the stabilization and reform program that Korea implemented in response to the 1997-98 crisis. The economy recovered quickly from the deep recession in 1998 and its vulnerability to a balance of payments crisis has been reduced sharply. Significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825786
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Taxing Financial Transactions; Issues and Evidence
Matheson, Thornton - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
In reaction to the recent financial crisis, increased attention has recently been given to financial transaction taxes (FTTs) as a means of (1) raising revenue for a variety of possible purposes and/or (2) helping to curb financial market excesses. This paper reviews existing theory and evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876594
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Sovereign Rating News and Financial Markets Spillovers; Evidence From the European Debt Crisis
Candelon, Bertrand; Sy, Amadou N. R.; Arezki, Rabah - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper examines the spillover effects of sovereign rating news on European financial markets during the period 2007-2010. Our main finding is that sovereign rating downgrades have statistically and economically significant spillover effects both across countries and financial markets. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019600
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Impact of the Global Crisison Banking Sector Soundness in Asian Low-Income Countries
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
The paper takes stock of the impact of the global financial crisis that began in late 2007 on banking sectors of Asian low-income countries, by exploring bank-level data provided by Bankscope. The paper examines three key channels of possible crisis spillovers: exposures to (i) valuation changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147328
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The Development of Local Debt Markets in Asia
Goswami, Mangal; Sharma, Sunil - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
The paper makes an assessment of the progress made in developing local debt markets in emerging Asia. Market development has been limited by hurdles confronting borrowers and lenders, current and potential liquidity providers, and insufficient support from government policies and regulations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151210