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Making Banks Safer; Can Volcker and Vickers Do it?
Chow, Julian T. S.; Surti, Jay - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper assesses proposals to redefine the scope of activities of systemically important financial institutions. Alongside reform of prudential regulation and oversight, these have been offered as solutions to the too-important-to-fail problem. It is argued that while the more radical of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369435
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Issues in Managing and Sequencing Financial Sector Reforms Lessons From Experiences in Five Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1992
A review of the experience of five developing countries in reforming their financial systems illustrates the benefits and risks, and provides lessons on the factors which contribute to successful financial sector reforms. Financial sector reforms need to be supported by active monetary policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825950
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Altruism and Workers' Remittances : Evidence from Selected Countries in the Middle East and Central Asia
Bouhga-Hagbe, Jacques - 2006
. EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION -- IV. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- A. Egypt -- B. Jordan -- C. Morocco -- D. Pakistan -- E …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691145
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Credit Market in Morocco
Oulidi, Nada - 2009
slow credit growth in Morocco during the rapid expansion of liquidity in the first half of the decade can be attributed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677744
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Assessing the Impact of Structural Reforms on Potential Output: The Case of Morocco
Balima, Hippolyte - 2023
This paper assesses Morocco's potential output and the scope for structural reforms to reverse the downward trend in … macroeconomic impact of Morocco's structural reform agenda. The results suggest that the planned structural reforms could deliver … sizable output gains in the medium to long term with reforms that would reduce the large gender gap in Morocco's labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058981
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Development of the Commercial Banking System in Afghanistan
Charap, Joshua - 2009
Lending practices of commercial banks in Afghanistan were analyzed using CAMEL ratings. Statistically significant correlations were found: Banks with worse ratings (a) had more lending to domestic clients and (b) paid less tax. There was no statistically significant relationship between profits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677812
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Cooperative Banks and Financial Stability
Cihák, Martin - 2007
Cooperative banks are an important, and growing, part of many financial systems. This paper empirically analyzes the role of cooperative banks in financial stability. Contrary to some suggestions in the literature, we find that cooperative banks are more stable than commercial banks. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677846
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Toward an Effective Supervision of Partially Dollarized Banking Systems.
Garcia Pascual, Antonio - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SUPERVISORY PRACTICES -- III. TOWARDS GOOD PRACTICES -- COUNTRY PRACTICES: SURVEY RESULTS -- CURRENCY-INDUCED CREDIT RISK IN SELECTED BANKING SYSTEMS -- References.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691102
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Macroprudential Policy and Bank Systemic Risk: Does Inflation Targeting Matter?
Belkhir, Mohamed - 2023
This paper investigates macroprudential policy effects on bank systemic risk and the role of inflation targeting in such effects. Using bank-level data for 45 countries comprising various monetary and exchange rate regimes, our regime-dependent dynamic panel regression results point to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059389
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Revisiting Risk-Weighted Assets
Avramova, Sofiya; Leslé, Vanessa Le - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
In this paper, we provide an overview of the concerns surrounding the variations in the calculation of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) across banks and jurisdictions and how this might undermine the Basel III capital adequacy framework. We discuss the key drivers behind the differences in these...
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