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Transparency requirements are central to the third pillar of the Basel prescriptions. The purpose of this article is to offer a simple theoretical model to analyze the impact of regulatory requirements for transparency on the balance sheet and profits of banks, focusing on the implementation of...
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This paper presents an in-depth analysis of developments in the microfinance sector before and after the Lehman … developing countries. The findings indicate that microfinance has been part of the same credit boom observed in the traditional … capital. This raises the question whether the crisis resilience the microfinance sector has shown in the past remains a …
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A sound financial regulatory framework is critical for minimizing the risk imposed by financial system fra­gility. In the world's emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), such regulation is also essential to support economic development and poverty reduc­tion. Meanwhile, it is...
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Regulators in developing countries may not have access to timely ex-post verifiable information regarding banks' capital or investment decision. This paper examines whether, in such an environment, regulators can enforce capital requirements. Using a model of a relationship between a regulator...
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The strengthening of regulatory requirements, along with evolution in banking regulations, can have a negative impact on the external bank financing of emerging countries heavily dependent on this type of financing. Indeed, several studies have aroused fears about the potential effects of...
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This paper examines the effect of Basel III implementation on the access to finance of small and medium-size enterprises in 32 emerging markets and developing economies. Analyzing rich, repeated cross-sectional data and a panel of matched firm-bank data in a difference-in-differences setting...
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