This paper examines the impact of bank ownership on credit growth in developing countries before and during the 2008 …-2009 crisis. Using bank-level data for countries in Eastern Europe and Latin America, it analyzes the growth of banks' total gross … government-owned bank credit growth across regions. In Eastern Europe, foreign bank total lending fell by more than domestic …

This paper studies the bank credit and industry growth effects stemming from the introduction of a tax on bank debits … deposits and into using cash and other quasi-currencies. I find that taxing bank transactions has a significant negative effect …

This paper examines the impact of bank ownership on credit growth in developing countries before and during the 2008 …-2009 crisis. Using bank-level data for countries in Eastern Europe and Latin America, it analyzes the growth of banks' total gross … government-owned bank credit growth across regions. In Eastern Europe, foreign bank total lending fell by more than domestic …