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US dollar credit is growing quickly outside the United States, especially in Asia, and in some economies it has … outpaced overall credit growth. Cross-border sources of credit bear watching in view of their record of outgrowing overall … credit in credit booms. Foreign currency and cross-border sources of credit raise policy issues …
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The year 2009 is a propitious time to evaluate systems of investor protection in financial markets as global bank losses exceed the 1 trillion mark and market losses equally exceed the 1 trillion mark. Prior to the Global Financial Crisis, the European Union enacted sweeping legislation to...
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Pecking order models of international finance suggest that countries should become less reliant on international bank lending as they develop. Reduced information costs are one of the factors behind this trend towards disintermediation. This paper presents a simple model on the choice between...
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. Despite the hype, equity crowdfunding is still the smallest. Due to exemptions in legislations, Europe has been at the … start-ups can play job creation and economic growth in Europe. In this paper, we assess the potential role of equity …
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Motivated by existing research on the informational and monitoring role of social trust, we examine how social trust affects firms’ choice between bank debt and public debt. Using firm-level data from 32 countries, we document that higher social trust is associated positively (negatively) with...
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