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Strong governance frameworks for public enterprises have long been an anchor of stability and efficiency underpinning their financial operations and performance. Cross-country experiences with the adoption of robust legal, regulatory and institutional arrangements-in line with international best...
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This paper assesses the impact of the geographic diversification of bank holding company (BHC) assets across the United … States on their market valuations. Using two novel identification strategies based on the dynamic process of interstate bank …
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We model an economy in which domestic banks and firms face incentive constraints, as in Holmstrom and Tirole (1997). Firms borrow from banks and uninformed investors, and can collude with banks to reduce the intensity of monitoring. We study the general equilibrium effects of capital flows...
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Sound corporate governance is essential for a well-functioning banking system and the integrity of financial markets. The paper discusses the corporate governance of Italian banks, its regulatory framework, and the specific challenges arising from the role played by foundations and large...
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We examine how the development of the digital infrastructure known as the 'India Stack'-including an interoperable … of financial services. While each individual component of the India Stack is important, we argue that its key overarching … synergies across the layers of the Stack. Until recently, a large share of India's population lacked access to formal banking …
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continue have a dominant share in the market. Contractual savings systems have been improved, but pension funds in India are …
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It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...
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