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Externalities and Macroprudential Policy
Nicoló, Gianni De; Favara, Giovanni; Ratnovski, Lev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This note overviews macroprudential policy options that have been proposed to address the systemic risks experienced during the recent financial crisis. It contributes to the policy debate by providing a taxonomy of macroprudential policies in terms of the specific negative externalities in the...
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The Bright and the Dark Side of Cross-Border Banking Linkages
Muñoz, Sònia; Scuzzarella, Ryan; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
When a country's banking system becomes more linked to the global banking network, does that system get more or less prone to a banking crisis? Using model simulations and econometric estimates based on a world-wide dataset, we find an M-shaped relationship between financial stability of a...
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Distress in European Banks; An Analysis Basedon a New Dataset
Poghosyan, Tigran; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
identified late, solutions are much more costly. Until recently, Europe has seen only a small number of outright bank failures …, which made the estimation of early warning models for bank supervision very difficult. This paper presents a unique database … of individual bank distress across the European Union from mid-1990s to 2008. Using this data set, we analyze the causes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826186
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Does Regulatory Governance Matter for Financial System Stability? An Empirical Analysis
Das, Udaibir S.; Quintyn, Marc; Chenard, Kina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper provides empirical evidence that the quality of regulatory governance-governance practices adopted by financial system regulators and supervisors-matters for financial system soundness. The paper constructs indices of financial system soundness and regulatory governance, based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825836
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Toward An Effective Supervision of Partially Dollarized Banking Systems
Pascual, Antonio Garcia; Cayazzo, Jorge; Heysen, Socorro; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
The paper presents a supervisory framework that addresses the vulnerabilities of partially dollarized banking systems. The tendency to underprice systemic liquidity risk and currency-induced credit risk creates vulnerabilities that need supervisory responses. The framework seeks to induce agents...
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Bank Capital; Lessons From the Financial Crisis
Merrouche, Ouarda; Detragiache, Enrica; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Using a multi-country panel of banks, we study whether better capitalized banks experienced higher stock returns during the financial crisis. We differentiate among various types of capital ratios: the Basel risk-adjusted ratio; the leverage ratio; the Tier I and Tier II ratios; and the tangible...
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Spain; Financial System Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This report summarizes the findings of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Update for Spain. Although there is a core of strong banks that are well managed and appear resilient to further shocks, vulnerabilities remain. Substantial progress has been made in reforming the former...
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The Effects of the Global Crisison Islamic and Conventional Banks; A Comparative Study
Dridi, Jemma; Hasan, Maher - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper examines the performance of Islamic banks (IBs) and conventional banks (CBs) during the recent global crisis by looking at the impact of the crisis on profitability, credit and asset growth, and external ratings in a group of countries where the two types of banks have significant...
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Policies for Macrofinancial Stability; How to Deal with Credit Booms
Bakker, Bas B.; Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni; Laeven, Luc; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This note explores the costs and benefits of different policy options to reduce the risks associated with credit booms, drawing upon several country experiences and the findings from econometric analysis.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245891
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Basel Core Principles and Bank Risk; Does Compliance Matter?
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Detragiache, Enrica - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
associated with bank soundness. Using data for over 3,000 banks in 86countries, we find that neither the overall index of BCP … compliance nor its individual components are robustly associated with bank risk measured by Z-scores. We also fail to find a …
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