This paper reviews the empirical relationships between credit growth, economic recovery, and bank profitability in … underperformance. Bank lending has been subdued as well, but this appears to have only held back the recovery relatively moderately. A … 10 percent increase in bank credit to the private sector is associated with a rise of 0.6-1 percent in real GDP and 2-2 1 …

This paper reviews the empirical relationships between credit growth, economic recovery, and bank profitability in … underperformance. Bank lending has been subdued as well, but this appears to have only held back the recovery relatively moderately. A … 10 percent increase in bank credit to the private sector is associated with a rise of 0.6-1 percent in real GDP and 2 …

This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards across countries. Defining a board as … 84 central bank boards at the end of 2003. We find that larger and more heterogeneous countries, countries with stronger …

This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards (or monetary policy committees) across … new dataset that covers the de jure membership size of 84 central bank boards at the end of 2003. We find that larger and …

This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards (or monetary policy committees) across … new dataset that covers the de jure membership size of 84 central bank boards at the end of 2003. We find that larger and …