Drawing from a unique data set comprising 2,893 banks and 152 countries over the period 1987 to 2000, we test whether the adoption of the Basel Accord by Latin American and Caribbean countries was responsible for the serious slowdowns in credit growth experienced by these countries. We find...

Dollarization of liabilities (DL) has emerged as a key factor in explaining the vulnerability of emerging markets to financial and currency crises. "Usual suspects" of causing DL comprise "fatalistic" determinants such as a long history of unsound macroeconomic policies and development and...

The Regulation on Key Information Documents for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs Regulation)empowers the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) to prepare draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) in specific areas. This Discussion Paper is a preparatory...

This consultation paper (CP) for these draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) sets out the conditions that competent authorities shall take into account when determining higher risk-weights for exposures secured by immovable property, in particular the term of “financial stability...