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Bank lobbying : regulatory capture and beyond

Igan, Deniz; Lambert, Thomas - 2019

In this paper, we discuss whether and how bank lobbying can lead to regulatory capture and have real consequences through an overview of the motivations behind bank lobbying and of recent empirical evidence on the subject. Overall, the findings are consistent with regulatory capture, which...

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House price synchronization and financial openness : a dynamic factor model approach

Katagiri, Mitsuru - 2018

This paper investigates the developments in house price synchronization across countries by a dynamic factor model using a country- and city-level dataset, and examines what drives the synchronization. The empirical results indicate that: (i) the degree of synchronization has been rising since...

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Financial innovations Involving the Greek Drachma

Gatzonas, E. K. - 1997

During the last decade, a number of new financial instruments and derivative products related to the Greek drachma have emerged in local as well as international capital markets. The paper analyzes the characteristics of these financial instruments which are traded in organized exchanges and...

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Capital Account Liberalization, Capital Flow Patterns, and Policy Responses in the EU's New Member States

Árvai, Zsófia - 2005

This paper discusses the experience of the EU''s eight new member countries (EU8) between 1995 and 2003 when the bulk of capital account liberalization took place, focusing on interest-rate-sensitive portfolio flows and financial flows. It takes stock of the lessons from capital flow patterns to...

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Assessing the Cost of Financial Regulation

Elliott, Douglas - 2012

This study assesses the overall impact on credit of the financial regulatory reforms in Europe, Japan, and the United States. Long-term cost estimates are provided for Basel III capital and liquidity requirements, derivatives reforms, and higher taxes and fees. Overall, average lending rates in...

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Transmission of Financial Stress in Europe : The Pivotal Role of Italy and Spain, but not Greece

González-Hermosillo, Brenda - 2014

Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Portugal. The stability of Germany is a close proxy for the resilience of the euro … during 2009–12 were due to idiosyncratic factors, market developments in Italy and Spain contributed significantly, likely …’s sovereign CDS despite initial widespread concerns about such linkages. Spain and Italy show a notable co-dependence in …

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An empirical investigation of oil-macro-financial linkages in Saudi Arabia

Miyajima, Ken - 2016

Oil-macro-financial linkages in Saudi Arabia are analyzed by applying panel econometric frameworks (multivariate and vector autoregression) to maceoeconomic and bank-level balance sheet data for 9 banks spanning 1999-2014. Lower growth of oil prices and non-oil private sector output leads to...

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Capital flows : the role of bank and nonbank balance sheets

Hashimoto, Yūko; Krogstrup, Signe - 2019

This paper assesses the role of bank and nonbank financial institutions' balance sheet foreign exposures and risk management practices in driving capital flow responses to global risk. Using a unique and previously unexplored dataset on domestic and cross border balance sheet positions of...

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Taming financial development to reduce crises

Ben Naceur, Samy; Candelon, Bertrand; Lajaunie, Quentin - 2019

This paper assesses whether and how financial development triggers the occurrence of banking crises. It builds on a database that includes financial development as well as financial access, depth and efficiency for almost 100 countries. Through estimation of a dynamic logit panel model, it...

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Financial openness and capital inflows to emerging markets : in search of robust evidence

Cerdeiro, Diego A.; Komaromi, Andras - 2019

We reassess the connection between capital account openness and capital flows in an empirical framework that is grounded in theory and makes use of previously unexplored variation in the data. We demonstrate how our theory-consistent regressions may overcome some ubiquitous measurement problems...

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