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Job Growth and Finance : Are Some Financial Institutions Better Suited to Early Stages of Development than Others?
Cull, Robert - 2017
of private credit/gross domestic product; the positive effect of bank credit is especially pronounced in industries that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975631
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Credit Growth and Financial Stability in the Czech Republic
Frait, Jan - 2017
The Czech Republic had experienced a credit boom similar to those in other converging economies in the pre-crisis years. Nevertheless, the consequences of this credit boom were limited as was the impact of the global crisis on domestic financial institutions. This paper describes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975816
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Macroprudential Regulation of Credit Booms and Busts -- the Case of Croatia
Galac, Tomislav - 2017
Croatia employed macroprudential measures to manage credit growth and capital inflows during the boom years of the 2000s, including reserve requirements on loan growth, a marginal reserve requirement on increases in foreign liabilities, foreign exchange liquidity minima, and elevated capital...
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Macroprudential Regulation of Credit Booms and Busts : The Experience of the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia
Celeska, Frosina - 2017
This paper provides an overview of the macroprudential measures undertaken by the National Bank of the Republic of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975819
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Financial Sector Policy in Practice : Benchmarking Financial Sector Strategies Around the World
Maimbo, Samuel Munzele - 2017
paper examines and rates financial sector strategies around the world based on how well they formulate development targets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973597
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Financial Inclusion and the Role of the Post Office
Anson, Jose - 2017
coincide with a higher bank account penetration. The paper also finds that the size of the postal network matters; the larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973855
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Benchmarking Financial Systems Around the World
Čihák, Martin - 2017
This paper introduces the Global Financial Development Database, an extensive dataset of financial system characteristics for 205 economies from 1960 to 2010. The database includes measures of (a) size of financial institutions and markets (financial depth), (b) degree to which individuals can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974960
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Access to Financial Services and the Financial Inclusion Agenda Around the World : A Cross-Country Analysis with a New Data Set
Ardic, Oya Pinar - 2017
at the core of policymakers? agendas. The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor and the World Bank Group, in response … inform the policy debate. Using this database, this paper (i) counts the number of unbanked adults around the world at 56 …) discusses the state of financial inclusion mandates around the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976198
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Measuring Financial Access Around the World
Kendall, Jake - 2017
estimation of the number of bank accounts in the world (6.2 billion) as well as the number of banked and unbanked individuals. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976612
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Finance and Growth : Schumpeter Might Be Right
Drebentsov, Vladimir - 2017
Joseph Schumpeter argued in 1911 that the services provided by financial intermediaries - mobilizing savings, evaluating projects, managing risk, monitoring managers, and facilitating transactions -stimulate technological innovation and economic development. The authors present evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746925