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Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni - 2001

firms in the non-financial sector. It finds that bank competition has an overall positive effect on firm creation. However … firms, it also finds that asymmetric information limits the overall positive effect of bank competition on firm creation …. Indeed, bank competition is less favorable to the emergence of new firms in industrial sectors where informational …

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Euro-Area Banking At the Crossroads

Belaisch, Agnes - 2001

This paper analyses the process of disintermediation, the progress in consolidation, the impact of new technologies, and the role of ownership and control structures for the euro area banking sector. The impact of these trends on competition policy, ""too big to fail"" concerns, and financial...

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The Performance of Indian Banks During Financial Liberalization

Koeva Brooks, Petya - 2003

commercial banks. The analysis focuses on examining the behavior and determinants of bank intermediation costs and profitability …

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Prudential Issues in Less Diversified Economies

Narain, Aditya - 2003

This paper examines the prudential issues associated with credit concentration in less diversified economies (LDEs), which are identified as countries where one or two sectors represent a large share of exports. In preparing this analysis, the characteristics of their financial and banking...

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Foreign Banks and the Vienna Initiative : Turning Sinners Into Saints?

De Haas, Ralph - 2012

We use data on 1,294 banks in Central and Eastern Europe to analyze how bank ownership and creditor coordination in the …

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Bank Credit, Asset Prices and Financial Stability : Evidence From French Banks

Pouvelle, Cyril - 2012

supply factors, both for the whole 1993-2010 period and during periods of financial instability. Using bank-level panel data …

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Bank of Japan's Quantitative and Credit Easing : Are they Now More Effective

Fasano-Filho, Ugo - 2002

This paper asks whether the BoJ''s recent experience with unconventional monetary easing has been effective in supporting economic activity and inflation. Using a structural VAR model, the paper finds some evidence that BoJ''s monetary policy measures during 1998-2010 have had an impact on...

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Bank Asset Quality in Emerging Markets : Determinants and Spillovers

De Bock, Reinout - 2012

This paper assesses the vulnerability of emerging markets and their banks to aggregate shocks. We find significant links between banks'' asset quality, credit and macroeconomic aggregates. Lower economic growth, an exchange rate depreciation, weaker terms of trade and a fall in debt-creating...

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Bank Funding Structures and Risk : Evidence From the Global Financial Crisis

Federico, Pablo - 2012

This paper analyzes the evolution of bank funding structures in the run up to the global financial crisis and studies … the implications for financial stability, exploiting a bank-level dataset that covers about 11,000 banks in the U.S. and …-crisis period were more likely to fail afterward. The likelihood of bank failure also increases with bank risk-taking. In the cross …

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Assessing Bank Competition within the East African Community

Sanya, Sarah - 2012

This paper is an empirical analysis of competitiveness in the banking system of four out of the five East African Community (EAC) countries2. The results show that the degree of competition is low due to a combination of structural and socio-economic factors. By way of preview, the analysis...

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