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Did the Basel Accord Cause a Credit Slowdown in Latin America?
Cosimano, Thomas F.; Chami, Ralph; Barajas, Adolfo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
credit growth experienced by these countries. We find that, on average, both bank capitalization and lending activities in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248279
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Consolidation and Market Structure in Emerging Market Banking Systems
Gelos, Gaston; Roldos, Jorge - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
significant bank consolidation has been taking place in these countries, reflected in a sharp decline in the number of banks, this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264153
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Determinants of Dollarization; The Banking Side
Terrones, Marco; Catão, Luis - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Dollarization in financial intermediation has exhibited a widely diverse pattern across countries. Empirical work relating it to macroeconomic variables has had only limited success in explaining the phenomenon. This paper presents a two-currency banking model to show that deposit and loan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604809
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A Network Analysis of Global Banking:1978-2009
Reyes, Javier A.; Minoiu, Camelia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
In this paper we explore the properties of the global banking network using cross-border bank lending data for 184 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019598
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Portugal; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Securities Regulation, and...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
debt levels are well above the EU average, and corporate debt levels are also high, although bank credit to firms has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244100
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An Analysis of Standardized versus Relationship Bank Lending to Small Firms
Hardee, Polly T. - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 12 (2008) 3, pp. 23-46
evidence of standardized versus relationship lending methods in both total bank credit as well as credit emanating from the … finds relationship lending inherent within the primary bank, whereas competing bank sources employ standardized lending …Using the 1998 Survey of Small Business Finances and banking data to produce a bank-firm match, the author tests for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790624
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The Transmission of Financial Stress From Advanced to Emerging Economies
Danninger, Stephan; Tytell, Irina; Balakrishnan, Ravi; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper studies how financial stress is transmitted from advanced to emerging economies, using a new financial stress index for emerging economies. An episode of financial stress is defined as a period when the financial system's ability to intermediate may be impaired. Previous financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528685
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Hungary; Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Non-performing loans (NPLs) were found to respond to macroeconomic conditions, such as GDP growth, unemployment, and inflation; there are also strong feedback effects from the banking system to the real economy. This suggests that the high NPLs that many CESEE countries currently face adversely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244505
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Bosnia and Herzegovina; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Corporate...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Economic growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been impressive with GDP. The dominance of foreign-owned bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244699
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Rwanda; Financial System Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
In this study, the processes involved in the financial stability of Rwanda after the global crisis are imparted. High growth and major risks included in macroeconomic stability are analyzed. In the case of the banking sector, the structure, performance, and competition of Rwandan banks are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244767