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Risk and the Corporate Structure of Banks
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
-level limited liability, but are more exposed to the risk of capital expropriation than are branches. Thus, branch-based structures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470382
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Measuring off-Balance-Sheet Leverage
Breuer, Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
presented. The interaction between leverage and risk is discussed, and a modified capital adequacy ratio is calculated, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263810
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Investment by Large Firms in Argentina
Piris, Alvaro - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Strong growth in investment made a key contribution to the economic recovery in Argentina earlier this decade. The paper uses firm-level data to assess changes in financing constraints and the linkages between real investment at the firm level and macroeconomic developments in the real exchange...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561085
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Rebalancing China's Economy; What Does Growth Theory Tell Us?
Aziz, Jahangir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
and investment high. It finds that the low cost of capital has been quantitatively an important factor. Theory predicts … that the price of capital may have been significantly distorted in the 1990s and 2000s. The distortion could have been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769167
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The Embodiment of Intangible Investment Goods; A Q-Theory Approach
Belhocine, Nazim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
measures the contribution of intangible goods to the overall capital stock in the U.S. The model highlights the embodiment of … investment to the overall capital stock. The downward trend in the aggregate investment deflator series reported by national … accounts is found to have a significant downward bias in the 90s. The model also shows that the growth in the overall capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470384
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Oman:; Banking Sector Resilience
Prasad, Ananthakrishnan; Bologna, Pierluigi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This note assesses the impact of the global financial risks on Oman's banking system and highlights the remaining risks. It concludes that the liquidity and prudential measures introduced by the authorities mitigated the adverse effects of the crisis on the banking system. Banks continue to make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470397
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Japan’s Quest for Growth; Exploring the Role of Capital and innovation
Syed, Murtaza H.; Lee, Jinsook - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
As labor input in Japan shrinks with population aging, capital accumulation and productivity gains will drive growth … the business climate. Third, improving SME access to finance, notably by encouraging venture capital investment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777031
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Australian Banking System Resilience; What Should Be Expected Looking Forward? An International Perspective
Bologna, Pierluigi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
capital and liquidity risk. The paper analyses the extent of any vulnerability that might arise from a potential deterioration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680278
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Fiscal consolidation and the cost of credit : evidence from syndicated loans
Ağca, Şenay; Igan, Deniz - 2013
We examine how the cost of corporate credit varies around fiscal consolidations aimed at reducing government debt. Using a new dataset on fiscal consolidations and syndicated corporate loan data, we find that loan spreads increase with fiscal consolidations, especially for small firms, domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009706780
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Domestic Investment and the Cost of Capital in the Caribbean.
Roache, Shaun K - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. TRENDS IN REGIONAL INVESTMENT6 -- III. LITERATURE REVIEW -- IV. A BASIC INVESTMENT MODEL -- V. DATA -- VI. ESTIMATION ISSUES -- VII. ESTIMATION RESULTS -- VIII. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Data Sources and Estimates.
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