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The euro and the global crises: Finding the balance between short term stabilization and forward looking reforms
Aizenman, Joshua - 2012
This paper analyzes reforms and adjustments in the context of the Euro and the global financial crises. Taking the perspective of the evolutionary approach to institutions, the formation of a new currency area is not unidirectional. The process leading to the euro is an example of a common...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288121
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Bank Ownership and Performance
Micco, Alejandro; Panizza, Ugo; Yañez, Mónica - 2004
This paper builds a new dataset on bank ownership and bank performance covering approximately 50,000 observations for … ownership and bank performance, providing separated estimations for developing and industrial countries. It is found that, while … 119 countries over the 1995-2002 period. The paper then uses the dataset to reassess the relationship between bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327143
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Credit vs. payment services: Financial development and economic activity revisited
Bebczuk, Ricardo; Burdisso, Tamara; Sangiácomo, Máximo - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the banking system, over and beyond its credit function, has a significant impact on per capita GDP by providing means of payment. An annual database of 85 countries spanning the 1980-2008 period is exploited to this end. On the descriptive front,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325088
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Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a crosssection of 120 countries and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294540
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US Monetary Policy in a Globalized World
Cuaresma, Jesús Crespo; Doppelhofer, Gernot; … - 2016
We analyze the interaction between monetary policy in the US and the global economy proposing a new class of Bayesian global vector autoregressive models that accounts for time-varying parameters and stochastic volatility (TVP-SV-GVAR). We find that a contractionary US monetary policy shock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013370122
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Rational expectations and inflation targeting: An analysis for ten countries
Fromlet, Pia - 2010
In this paper I evaluate inflation targeting for ten countries. The evaluation is based on unconditional as well as conditional measures of the variance of inflation around target. With strict inflation targeting, expectations of the future deviation from target given information about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321410
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The New Basel Accord: Implications of the Co-existence between the Standardized Approach and the Internal Ratings-based Approach
Rime, Bertrand - 2003
We examine the prudential implications of the co-existence between the standardized approach and the internal ratings-based (IRB) approach, as defined in the new Basle Accord. We consider a model in which sophisticated banks, eligible for the IRB approach, and unsophisticated banks, eligible for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430044
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Preconditions for a successful implementation of supervisors' prompt corrective action: Is there a case for a banking standard in the European Union?
Nieto, María J.; Wall, Larry D. - 2006
Over the past years, several countries around the world have adopted a system of prudential prompt corrective action …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292333
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Capital requirements and bank behaviour: empirical evidence for Switzerland
Rime, Bertrand - 2000
In recent years, regulators have increased their focus on the capital adequacy of banking institutions to enhance the stability of the financial system. The purpose of the present paper is to shed some light on whether and how Swiss Banks react to constraints placed by the regulator on their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430015
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What we learn from China's rising shadow banking: Exploring the nexus of monetary tightening and banks' role in entrusted lending
Chen, Kaiji; Ren, Jue; Zha, Tao - 2016
We argue that China's rising shadow banking was inextricably linked to potential balancesheet risks in the banking system. We substantiate this argument with three didactic findings: (1) commercial banks in general were prone to engage in channeling risky entrusted loans; (2) shadow banking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776811