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A new database on financial development and structure
Beck, Thorsten; Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Levine, Ross - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001408896
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Stock markets, banks, and economic development : theory and evidence
Beck, Thorsten - In: EIB papers 8 (2003) 1, pp. 37-54
reviews the debate about marketbased vs. bank-based financial systems. Using data for a sample of 40 countries over the period … economic growth, but the degree to which a financial system is market- or bank-based cannot explain economic development across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011498528
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Cross-border banking and financial deepening : the African experience
Beck, Thorsten - In: Journal of African economies 24 (2015), pp. 32-45
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523520
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Foreign bank ownership and household credit
Beck, Thorsten; Brown, Martin - In: Journal of financial intermediation 24 (2015) 4, pp. 466-486
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526268
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Keep walking? : geographical proximity, religion, and relationship banking
Beck, Thorsten; Ongena, Steven; Şendeniz-Yüncü, Ilkay - In: The journal of corporate finance : contracting, … 55 (2019), pp. 49-68
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996533
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Banking sector stability, efficiency, and outreach in Kenya
Cull, Robert - 2010
of Kenya's banking system, using aggregate, bank-level, and survey data. Banks' asset quality and liquidity positions … supervision of microfinance institutions and cooperatives is a priority. Maintaining an openness to new, and non-bank, providers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394736
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Islamic vs. conventional banking : business model, efficiency and stability
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli - 2010
differences are smaller than expected. Comparing conventional and Islamic banks and controlling for other bank and country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394740
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Lending Concentration, Bank Performance and Systemic Risk : Exploring Cross-Country Variation
Beck, Thorsten - 2013
between bank lending specialization and bank performance and stability in an international sample. Theory suggests that banks … exposures, while not leading to higher returns. The paper also documents important time, cross-bank, and cross-county variation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011395880
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Banking in Africa
Beck, Thorsten - 2013
This paper takes stock of the current state of banking systems across Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses recent developments including innovations that might help Africa leapfrog more traditional banking models. Using an array of different data, the paper documents that African banking systems are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011395957
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Follow the money : does the financial sector intermediate natural resource windfalls?
Beck, Thorsten; Poelhekke, Steven - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011617880