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A Constrained Choice? Impact of Concessionality Requirements on Borrowing Behavior
Ahokpossi, Calixte - 2014
This paper uses the propensity matching score approach to assess the impact of the IMF's debt limits policy (DLP) on borrowing behavior in countries eligible to borrow from its concessional lending window. The paper finds that countries under the DLP borrow significantly higher amounts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045262
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Should easier access to international credit replace foreign aid?
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Lahiri, Sajal; Younas, Javed - 2011
We examine the interaction between foreign aid and binding borrowing constraint for a recipient country. We also analyze how these two instruments affect economic growth via non-linear relationships. First of all, we develop a two-country, two-period trade-theoretic model to develop testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488418
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Should Easier Access to International Credit Replace Foreign Aid?
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu - 2011
We examine the interaction between foreign aid and binding borrowing constraint for a recipient country. We also analyze how these two instruments affect economic growth via non-linear relationships. First of all, we develop a two-country, two-period trade-theoretic model to develop testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119295
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Should Easier Access to International Credit Replace Foreign Aid?
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu - 2011
We examine the interaction between foreign aid and binding borrowing constraint for a recipient country. We also analyze how these two instruments affect economic growth via non-linear relationships. First of all, we develop a two-country, two-period trade-theoretic model to develop testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120067
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How Will Basel Ii Affect Bank Lending to Emerging Markets? An Analysis Based on German Bank Level Data
Liebig, Thilo - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989331
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Drivers of Cross-Border Banking in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mathieu, Paul - 2019
identifies some key patterns of cross-border investment in bank subsidiaries by key banking groups in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA …) and discusses some of the determinants of this investment. Using a gravity model relating the annual value of a banking …-border banking is in part driven by a search for yield, diversification, and expansion for strategic reasons …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865119
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Banks' holdings of risky sovereign bonds in the absence of the nexus : yield seeking with central bank funding or de-risking?
Frey, Rainer; Weth, Mark - 2019
For the largest 55 German banks, we detect the presence of countercyclical yield seeking in the form of acquisition of high-yielding periphery bonds in the period from Q1 2008 to Q2 2011. This investment strategy is pursued by banks not subject to a bailout, banks characterised by high...
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Influence of ADB Bond Issues and US Bonds on Asian Government Bonds
Inoguchi, Masahiro - 2014
This article examines whether there is a correlation between the government bond markets of Asian countries and those of the USA, and whether the efforts of international organizations to improve bond markets have had any effect in East Asia. Because the sizes of the government bond markets are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060911
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Foreign aid and developing countries' creditworthiness
Harms, Philipp; Rauber, Michael - 2004
We explore whether foreign aid affects developing countries' creditworthiness, as proxied by the Institutional Investor's measure of country credit risk. Based on a simple model of international borrowing and lending, we develop the hypothesis that current aid reduces the likelihood of future...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397590
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The impact of international organizations on the environment : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel (contributor);  … - 2006
When analyzing the impact of international organizations on the environment, two main issues arise. First, we have to quantify the participation of the organizations on countries they deal with. Second, the environmental impact of this involvement has to be measured. This paper attempts to do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289301