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Microfinance Institutions and Public Policy
Hardy, Daniel; Holden, Paul; Prokopenko, Vassili - 2021
Many governments and nongovernmental organizations have adopted policies to promote the growth of microfinance institutions (MFIs). The appropriate level and form of support for MFIs are discussed in this paper on the basis of a review of key MFI characteristics. Governments are also responsible...
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Financial inclusion, financial regulation, and education in Bangladesh
Khalily, M. A. Baqui - 2016
Like in many other countries, inclusive finance for inclusive growth has become a policy issue in Bangladesh following the global financial crisis in 2008. Over the past 10 years, intensity of financial deepening and access to financial services has increased. Both banks and microfinance...
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Institutional Reforms and Development of Corporate Governance and Banking System in China
Vijayakumaran, Ratnam - 2018
The aim of this paper is to review China's institutional reforms and consequent development of Chinese corporate governance system and financial system. As part of the wider economic reform initiated since the late 1970s, the Chinese government has adopted various measures aimed at reforming...
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Leverage constraints and bank monitoring: bank regulation versus monetary policy
Böser, Florian; Gersbach, Hans - 2021 - This version: June 30, 2021
liabilities. In particular, we show that with regard to bank monitoring, monetary policy via collateral requirements leads to a … loans with tighter monitoring of firms. The collateral leverage channel can improve welfare beyond standard bank capital …
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Operational risk capital
Conlon, Thomas; Huan, Xing; Ongena, Steven - 2020
In a setting where private information goes public for the first time, we study the real effects of the Basel II Accord requiring banks to calculate operational risk capital, and disclose qualitative and quantitative information. Using a difference-in-differences setup featuring partial US...
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Monitoring the state anti-crisis management of economic security of the Ukraine banking institutions
Mihus, Iryna; Koval, Yana; Laptev, Serhiy; Bala, Olha; … - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 21 (2020) 2, pp. 804-812
implementing measures of state anti-crisis regulation. The main purpose of the article is to carry out diagnostics and monitoring … of Ukraine is carried out. The main components of the monitoring in the system of state anti-crisis management in the …
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Financial Development, Economic Growth and Corporate Governance
Winkler, Adalbert - 1998
financial intermediation as delegated monitoring. The analysis shows that the quality of corporate governance of banks is the …
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Post-financial crisis times : only a short phase of re-intermediation and re-direction to boring banking business models? : regulatory burden, fintech competition and concentration...
Schackmann-Fallis, Karl-Peter; Weiß, Mirko - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 87 (2018) 4, pp. 87-117
The analysis highlights the aspects of diversified market structures and of local, low-distance banking as advantageous for financial stability. Heterogeneity protects from uniform market behaviour. Local banking can better overcome the problem of asymmetric information, particular in SME...
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The effect of banking deregulation on R&D investment : evidence from the cross-regional operation of city banks
Liu, Peisen; Chen, Shiqi - In: Journal of innovation & knowledge : JIK 8 (2023) 4, pp. 1-13
Improving firms' innovation capability is crucial for promoting growth. In 2006 and 2009, China deregulated the banking industry and allowed city banks to set up branches across regions, which changed the banking structure and competition. Using data from financial licence information and...
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Board accountability and risk taking in banking : evidence from a quasi-experiment
Körner, Tobias - 2012
tightening accountability and legal liability of outside directors. The causal effect of this reform on bank risk is identified … liability regimes. -- Corporate governance ; outside directors ; legal liability ; bank risk … Sparkassen zu verbessern. Insbesondere wurde die Haftung von Verwaltungsratsmitgliedern von Sparkassen verschärft, so dass diese …
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