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stochastic policy mix lead to suboptimal allocations if banks do not internalize insolvency costs. The policy of forbearance may … make banks internalizing such costs and improves the efficiency of intermediation. …
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Financial intermediaries may increase economic efficiency through intertemporal risk smoothing. However without an adequate regulation, intermediation may fail to do this. This paper studies the effects of a production shock in a closed economy and compares abilities of market-based and...
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Despite progress in the past decade, financial markets in Colombia remain relatively small and shallow. In particular the banking system suffers high intermediation costs, which limit constrains access to finance by households and firms. This paper explores some of the causes behind these...
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Housing conditions in Belgium are among the best in OECD countries according to the Better Life Index, as dwellings are of high quality and large, and housing costs are average. However, the steep increase in house prices since 2003 has put market access for first-time buyers under pressure....
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Public questioning about the role of finance has been fuelled by the perception that financial sector pay is an important factor behind high economic inequalities. This paper is the first to provide a comprehensive look at the level of earnings in finance and the implications for labour income...
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risks should be based on a framework that accounts for the various linkages between the banks and the other relevant … financial market actors, notably investment funds. Given that the bulk of the banks in Luxembourg are affiliates of foreign bank … groups, the authorities should seek clear procedures that govern the (cross-border) resolution of large banks in bad times …
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for systemically important banks, improving banks’ resolvability and fine-tuning the use of countercyclical measures. Data …
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-owned banks. The levels of non-performing loans and capital adequacy ratios compare poorly in international perspective and may … for the two main stateowned banks in mid-2012. To foster the credibility of the new tests, the main results and underlying … by ring-fencing impaired assets, which would create conditions for an orderly resolution of non-viable banks and a rapid …
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This paper addresses various aspects of risk and risk management for smallholders in developing countries, and presents a quantitative assessment of farm-level risks and risk management strategies in three emerging economies: Brazil, China and Viet Nam. The analysis covers production, income,...
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The Finnish housing market is volatile. After declining significantly as the global financial crisis unfolded, housing prices and investment recovered to reach new peaks. This paper uses a small econometric model to assess the role of fundamentals in housing price and investment developments....
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