This paper investigates empirically whether the relation between finance and growth depends on a specific type of financing. I construct a novel panel data set for 34 high income countries over the time period from 1995 to 2014 based on financial accounts data. It allows distinguishing between...

This paper investigates the nexus between bank-based financial inclusion and asset quality of 43 Banks in Kenya using data from 2001 and 2015. Based on a Dynamic Panel (System) GMM employed to investigate the empirical interactions between growth in outstanding bank credit, deposit growth and...

This paper examines the link between bank competition measures and risk indicators using quarterly interbank exposures data for all banks in Mexico during 2008Q1-2019Q1. The classical literature focuses on disentangling the link between competition and individual bank solvency risk. In this...

The recent global financial crisis has taught us one tough and important lesson that, there is a pressing need for containing the systemic risk in the financial system. However, prior to containing this risk and form the regulations we need to measure this risk properly. This research has...

We introduce SRISK to measure the systemic risk contribution of a financial firm. SRISK measures the capital shortfall of a firm conditional on a severe market decline, and is a function of its size, leverage and risk. We use the measure to study top US financial institutions in the recent...

This paper aims to investigate whether the banking and stock market measures among European Union countries have been subject to a convergence process in order to verify whether the transition from the European Monetary System to the Single Currency in the last five decades have led to the...

Over the past two decades, Germany experienced several periods of banking system instability rather than full-blown banking system crises. In this paper we introduce a continuous and forward-looking stability indicator for the banking system based on information on all financial institutions in...

This paper tests the average relationship between competition and bank stability for 70 banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries during the period 2001-2011. Our results show that an increase in competition contributes to bank fragility and that its contribution depends on the...

There is a role for Asia's financial sector to play to address the challenges associated with the region's changing demographics and infrastructure investment needs. Enhancing financial innovation and integration in the region could facilitate intra-regional financial flows and mobilize...