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Financial cycles in asset markets and regions
Beirne, John - 2019
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of financial cycles in asset markets and regions. Using a large sample of 38 advanced and emerging economies to enable a comparative assessment, the analysis conforms with the prevailing literature on financial cycles pertaining to advanced economies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012132123
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Deepening Association of Southeast Asian Nations' financial markets
Lee, Choong Lyol; Takagi, Shinji - 2013
This paper discusses the financial landscape of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a region engaged in building an economic community (a "single market and production base") by 2015. In particular, it reviews where ASEAN's financial markets and institutions now stand and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725116
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Financial inclusion and financial stability : current policy issues
Hannig, Alfred; Jansen, Stefan - 2010
The recent financial crisis has shown that financial innovation can have devastating systemic impacts. International standard setters' and national regulators' response has been a global concerted effort to overhaul and tighten financial regulations. However, at a time of designing stricter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008908093
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Twenty years after the financial crisis in the Republic of Korea
Lee, Jong-Wha - 2017
This study reviews the evolution of financial markets, institutions, and policy frameworks in the economy of the Republic of Korea over the two decades since the 1997 Asian financial crisis and assesses their effectiveness in reducing the likelihood and adverse effects of future financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757958
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Fiscal policy issues in Korea after the current crisis
Hong, Kiseok - 2010
-term implications for government debt. In order to evaluate more accurately Korea's fiscal response since late 2008, this paper conducts … economic downturns. This paper also investigates whether the rapid increase in Korea's fiscal debt burden is admissible in … terms of long-term sustainability. Although existing evidence suggests that Korea's fiscal debt is still manageable, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983456
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Financing Asia’s infrastructure: modes of development and integration of Asian financial markets
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2010
Asia faces very large infrastructure funding demands, estimated at around US$750 billion per year for energy, transport, telecommunications, water, and sanitation during 2010-2020 (ADB/ADBI 2009). Asia has large savings, significant international reserves, and rapid accumulations of funds that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983478
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COVID-19, fintech, and the recovery of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises : evidence from Bangladesh
Hossain, Monzur; Chowdhury, Tahreen Tahrima - 2022
This study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and the role of Fintech, in particular mobile financial services (MFS), in their recovery from COVID-induced losses. The study uses data from a survey of 216 MSMEs from Bangladesh Small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012807627
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The role of punctuation in P2P lending : evidence from the People’s Republic of China
Chen, Xiao; Huang, Bihong; Ye, Dezhu - 2017
This paper investigates the role of punctuation in the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market. Using data from Renrendai, one of the largest P2P lending platforms in the People’s Republic of China, we investigate how the amount of punctuation used in loan descriptions influences the funding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757937
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Adverse selection and credit certificates : evidence from a P2P platform
Hu, Maggie Rong; Li, Xiaoyang; Shi, Yang - 2019
Certificates are widely used as a signaling mechanism to mitigate adverse selection when information is asymmetric. To reduce information asymmetry between lenders and borrowers, Chinese peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms encourage borrowers to obtain various kinds of credit certificates. As...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993929
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Financial development : a broader perspective
Reid, Richard - 2010
This paper seeks to add to the current debate about financial development and growth in the emerging world by looking at how different financial systems evolve: how and why financial structures change during various stages of development, how best to measure them, and seeing what practical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907303