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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...
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Minimum Wages, Inequality, and the Informal Sector
Machado Parente, Rafael - 2024
How do minimum wages affect earnings inequality in countries with large informal sectors? I provide reduced-form evidence that the 2000s minimum wage hike in Brazil raised overall inequality by increasing inequality inside the informal sector. I develop a model where heterogeneous firms select...
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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...
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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.
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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 … tightening of most macroprudential tools-including DSTI and LTV limits, and capital requirements-reduces bank systemic risk …
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Intertwined Sovereign and Bank Solvencies in a Model of Self-Fulfilling Crisis
Adler, Gustavo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
from domestic banks. As public debt approached sustainability limits in a number of countries, however, high bank exposure … to sovereign risk created a fragile inter-dependence between fiscal and bank solvency. This paper presents a simple model …
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Introduction to Applied Stress Testing
Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Stress testing is a useful and increasingly popular, yet sometimes misunderstood, method of analyzing the resilience of financial systems to adverse events. This paper aims to help demystify stress tests, and illustrate their strengths and weaknesses. Using an Excel-based exercise with...
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Cost and Effectiveness of Banking Sector Restructuring in Transition Economies
Zoli, Edda - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The paper analyses the cost and effectiveness of bank restructuring policies in 11 transition countries during 1991 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248153
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Stress Testing of Financial Systems; An Overview of Issues, Methodologies, and FSAP Experiences
Peria, Maria Soledad Martinez; Majnoni, Giovanni; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The paper has three objectives. After a general introduction to some of the concepts and basic techniques of stress testing, the paper gives an overview of some of the conceptual issues involved in evaluating risks at the aggregated level of financial systems. Second, this study provides a basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248173
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The New International Financial Architecture and Africa
Nsouli, Saleh M.; Gall, Françoise Le - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The new international financial architecture can help African countries benefit from globalization, while minimizing the risks, and foster an environment conducive to increased domestic investment and higher sustained growth. This paper highlights the progress that African countries have made in...
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