In applied econometric literature, the causal inferences are often made based on temporally aggregated or systematically sampled data. A number of theoretical studies have pointed out that temporal aggregation has distorting effects on causal inference and systematic sampling of stationary...

The authors construct macro-and micro-panel data on international bank lending to six Asian economies - Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand - to analyze a number of objectives. The paper first examines the influence of critical determinants not only...