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Demand Collapse or Credit Crunch to Firms? Evidence from the World Bank's Financial Crisis Survey in Eastern Europe

Nguyen, Ha - 2017

conducted by the World Bank in six Eastern European countries during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the paper shows that the …

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Sovereign Ratings in the Post-Crisis World : An Analysis of Actual, Shadow and Relative Risk Ratings

Basu, Kaushik - 2017

ratings after controlling for changes in the world weighted average rating. When relative ratings in 2012 are compared with … the first half of 2008, the world average rating is found to be weaker because of the financial crisis. The relative …

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Financial Inclusion for Financial Stability : Access to Bank Deposits and the Growth of Deposits in the Global Financial Crisis

Han, Rui - 2017

In crisis times, depositors get anxious, can run on banks, and withdraw their deposits. Correlated withdrawals of bank deposits could be mitigated if bank deposits are more diversified, that is, held by more individuals. This paper examines the link between the broader access to bank deposits...

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Bank Regulation and Supervision Around the World : A Crisis Update

Čihák, Martin - 2017

This paper presents the latest update of the World Bank Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey, and explores two …

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Gross Inflows Gone Wild : Gross Capital Inflows, Credit Booms and Crises

Calderón, César A. - 2017

The main goal of the paper is to examine whether surges in private capital inflows lead to credit booms. The authors built a quarterly database on gross capital inflows, credit to the private sector, and other macro-financial indicators for a sample of 71 countries from 1975q1 to 2010q4....

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The Great Recession and the Future of Cities

Dethier, Jean-Jacques - 2017

This paper describes the serious fiscal crisis faced by cities around the world following the Great Recession of 2008 …. Section 1 summarizes how the crisis was triggered and how it unfolded in the US, then spread to the rest of world … and expenditure, and the stimulus programs and recovery plans devised as a short term response by cities around the world …

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On the International Transmission of Shocks : Micro-Evidence from Mutual Fund Portfolios

Raddatz, Claudio E. - 2017

Using micro-level data on mutual funds from different financial centers investing in equity and bonds, this paper analyzes how investors and managers behave and transmit shocks across countries. The paper shows that the volatility of mutual fund investments is quantitatively driven by investors...

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Do Phoenix Miracles Exist? Firm-Level Evidence from Financial Crises

Ayyagari, Meghana - 2017

This paper provides empirical evidence on firm recoveries from financial system collapses in developing countries (systemic sudden stops episodes), and compares them with the experience in the United States in the 2008 financial crisis. Prior research found that economies recover from systemic...

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Fewer Jobs or Smaller Paychecks? Aggregate Crisis Impacts in Selected Middle-Income Countries

Khanna, Gaurav - 2017

This paper reviews evidence from 44 middle-income countries on how the recent financial crisis affected jobs and workers' incomes. In addition to providing a rare assessment of the magnitude of the impact across several middle-income countries, the paper describes how labor markets adjusted and...

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Gross Capital Flows : Dynamics and Crises

Broner, Fernando - 2017

This paper analyzes the joint behavior of international capital flows by foreign and domestic agents -- gross capital flows -- over the business cycle and during financial crises. The authors show that gross capital flows are very large and volatile, especially relative to net capital flows....

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