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The Rise of Foreign Investment in China's Banks; Taking Stock

Leigh, Lamin; Podpiera, Richard - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

The recent wave of foreign investment in China's banks and the prospects of further opening of the banking sector under … stock of the involvement of foreign banks in the Chinese banking sector in the perspective of international experience … China appears to be well positioned to benefit from further opening of the banking sector to foreign investors …

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Modeling with Macro-Financial Linkages; Credit and Policy Shocks in Emerging Markets

Benes, Jaromir; Ötker, Inci; Vávra, David - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper develops a stylized, small, open economy macro model that incorporates an explicit and non-trivial role for financial intermediation. It illustrates how such a model could be used for policy analysis in an emerging market economy where policymakers are concerned about risks associated...

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Banking Efficiency and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kablan, Sandrine - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

This study assesses the determinants of banking system efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and asks what, besides …

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Bank Efficiency and Market Structure; What Determines Banking Spreads in Armenia?

Floerkemeier, Holger; Dabla-Norris, Era - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Despite far-reaching banking sector reforms and a prolonged period of macroeconomic stability and strong economic … potential to increase cost efficiency and competition in the banking system. …

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Progress in China'S Banking Sector Reform; Has Bank Behavior Changed?

Podpiera, Richard - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

Substantial effort has been devoted to reforming China's banking system in recent years. The authorities recapitalized …

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Banking Structure and Credit Growth in Central and Eastern European Countries

Aydin, Burcu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Recent developments have increased questions about vulnerabilities in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE) that are experiencing credit booms. This paper analyzes the role of foreign-owned banks in these credit booms. The results show that the CEE countries depend on foreign banks, and...

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Bank Efficiency Amid Foreign Entry; Evidence From the Central American Region

Wezel, Torsten - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

This paper investigates the efficiency of domestic and foreign banks in the Central American region during 2002-07. Using two main empirical approaches, Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis, the paper finds that foreign banks are not necessarily more efficient than their...

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Bank Efficiency in Sub-Saharan African Middle Income Countries

Chen, Chuling - 2009

We use bank level data to study the efficiency of banks in Sub-Saharan African middle-income countries and provide possible explanations for the difference in the efficiency levels of banks. We find that banks, on average, could save 20-30 percent of their total costs if they were operating...

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U.S. Investors' Emerging Market Equity Portfolios; A Security-Level Analysis

Warnock, Francis E.; Edison, Hali J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

We analyze a unique data set and uncover a remarkable result that casts a new light on the home bias phenomenon. The data are comprehensive, security-level holdings of emerging market equities by U.S. investors. We document, as expected, that at a point in time U.S. portfolios are tilted towards...

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The Effects of Dividend Taxeson Equity Prices; A Re-Examination of the 1997 U.K. Tax Reform

Bond, Stephen; Klemm, Alexander; Devereux, Michael B. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

We re-examine the extent to which personal taxes on dividends are capitalized into the equity prices of domestic firms, using data from around the time of the 1997 U.K. dividend tax reform, which removed a significant tax credit for an important group of investors: U.K. pension funds. The...

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