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The paper examines the slowdown of lending by large U.S. banks over the period 2007Q3 - 2009Q2, focusing on: (i) whether capital or liquidity was the binding constraint; (ii) factors influencing banks’ decision to hold capital; and (iii) their pricing behavior. Using quarterly data for the...
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This study assesses the determinants of banking system efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and asks what, besides the degree of efficiency, explains the low level of financial development in the region. It uses stochastic frontier analysis to measure efficiency and a generalized method of...
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This paper discusses the role of asset management companies (AMCs) in facilitating bank restructuring and specifies … a combination of strategies that will vary from bank to bank and country to country. There are, however, common factors …
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Bonds issued by the government or government agencies are often used to finance bank restructuring following a systemic … crisis. Many conflicting considerations affect the design of the bonds used to pay for public sector investment in bank … risks, laying the foundation for future banking sector problems. Sovereign default makes publicly financed bank …
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Systemic bank restructing aims to improve bank performance - that is, restore solvency and profitability, improve the …
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This paper explores how the global turmoil affected the risk of banks operating in Chile, and provides evidence that could help strengthen work on vulnerability indicators and off-site supervision. The analysis is based on the study of default risk codependence, or CoRisk, between Chilean banks...
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-specific characteristics are found to have a considerable influence on bank efficiency …
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In this paper, we analyze the evolution of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking sectors in the six member countries including ownership, concentration, cross-border linkages, balance sheet exposures and risks, recent trends in credit growth, and financial soundness. We identify risks to...
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Based on a simple framework, this note clarifies the economics behind bank restructuring and evaluates various … bank’s default and keep the burden on taxpayers at a minimum. The note also acknowledges that the design of any …
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, expanding exposure to the government, and, eventually, the run on deposits. We find that there was substantial cross-bank … individual banks’ exposure to currency and government default risk depended on bank fundamentals and other characteristics. Thus …
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