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In Finance, Size Matters
Lee, Jong-Kun - 2002
This study investigates the relationship between production efficiency in financial intermediation and financial system size. The study predicts and tests for the existence of ""systemic scale economies"" (SSEs), whereby value-maximizing intermediaries operating in large systems are expected to...
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Market Phoenixes and Banking Ducks Are Recoveries Faster in Market-Based Financial Systems?
Allard, Julien - 2011
Recoveries vary considerably across countries: our paper compares recoveries in bank-based and market-based economies … and finds that market-based economies experience significantly and durably stronger rebounds than the bank-based ones (in … particular the more bank-based economies of continental Europe). Further, stronger recoveries also tend to be associated with …
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Financial Development and Growth in India : A Growing Tiger in a Cage?
Oura, Hiroko - 2008
This paper examines the efficiency of the different segments of India''s financial system using firm-level data on corporate financing patterns. Firms are increasingly relying on external funds to finance their investment in most recent years. Empirical analyses indicate that (1) the financial...
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Financial crises : explanations, types, and implications
Claessens, Stijn; Kose, M. Ayhan - 2013
This paper reviews the literature on financial crises focusing on three specific aspects. First, what are the main factors explaining financial crises? Since many theories on the sources of financial crises highlight the importance of sharp fluctuations in asset and credit markets, the paper...
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Managing the impact of resource booms on the real effective exchange rate : the role of financial sector development
Herderschee, Han; Li, Ran; Ouedraogo, Abdoulaye; … - 2021
Whereas most of the literature related to the so-called 'resource curse' tends to emphasize on institutional factors and public policies, in this research we focus on the role of the financial sector, which has been surprisingly overlooked. We find that countries that have financial systems with...
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What can we learn from financial stability reports?
Comelli, Fabio; Ogawa, Sumiko - 2021
This paper reviews the approaches to systemic risk analysis in 32 central bank financial stability reports (FSRs). We … and growth-at-risk, more frequently than Article IV staff reports. We emphasize that a central bank FSR typically presents …
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Can financial soundness indicators help predict financial sector distress?
Pietrzak, Marcin - 2021
This paper shows how the role of Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) in financial surveillance can be usefully enhanced. Drawing from different statistical techniques, the paper illustrates that FSIs generate signals that can accurately detect, with 4 to 12 quarters lead, emerging financial...
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Financial development and inclusion in the Caribbean
Li, Chuan; Wong, Joyce Cheng - 2018
Many Caribbean financial systems are relatively well developed for their size but benefits are concentrated in a small part of the population. In several large countries, the financial development levels are below what is warranted by that country's own macroeconomic fundamentals. SMEs, in...
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Dollarization and financial development
Bannister, Geoffrey J.; Gardberg, Malin; Turunen, Jarkko - 2018
Despite significant strides in financial development over the past decades, financial dollarization, as reflected in elevated shares of foreign currency deposits and credit in the banking system, remains common in developing economies. We study the impact of financial dollarization,...
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Macrofinancial linkages and growth at risk in the Dominican Republic
Bespalova, Olga; Rousset, Marina - 2019
This paper uses the Growth-at-Risk (GaR) methodology to examine how macrofinancial conditions affect the growth outlook and its probability distribution. Using this approach, we evaluate risks to GDP growth in the Dominican Republic using quarterly data for 1996-2018. We group macrofinancial...
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