Mexican society has experienced three costly finance-related crises in 1982, 1994-95, and 2008-09. In each case the continuity of capitalist development depended in large part on state authorities drawing the worst financial risks into the state apparatus, that is, on socialization. While most...

Global imbalances and financial market (de)regulation both feature prominently among the potential causes of the global financial crisis, but they have been generally discussed separately. In this paper, we take a different angle and investigate the relationship between financial market...

This paper aims primarily to propose the framework for estimating the optimal levels of capital at banks with broad perspectives, elaborating factors such as liquidity and macroeconomic conditions. First, we attempt to reorganize the variety of policy proposals for enhancing financial sector...

Bu çalışmada, küresel finansal kriz sonrası süreçte önemi daha net anlaşılan likidite riskinin piyasalarda neden olduğu belirsizliklerden hareketle, finansal kuruluşlarca konuya ilişkin yapılacak kamuya açıklamanın geliştirilmesine dönük bir likidite stres testi yaklaşımı...

This study aims to discover whether markets take into account the phenomenon known as Too Big to Fail. Using Credit Default Swaps market data, which reflects the risk, markets attribute to banks, we calculate the default probabilities of banks over one, two, and three year periods. These results...

Over many decades, numerous cross-country studies and policy papers have argued that banks are not interested in lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In recent years, the visible transformation in the way that many banks are conducting business with SMEs suggests that a paradigm...

Finansal istikrarsızlık kavramı finans sisteminin temel işlevlerini yerine getirmemesi nedeniyle reel kesimin işleyişini olumsuz yönde etkilemesi olarak tanımlanabilir. Dolayısıyla, finansal istikrarın sağlanması için makro amaçlara ulaşmak üzere sistemi oluşturan mikro...

In this paper, we analyze the price setting behavior of banks in the Swiss franc repo market by means of network topology concepts and measures. The sample ranges from October 1999 to December 2009. Hence, it covers a large part of the money market turmoil that started in August 2007. Among...

This paper investigates possible options for generating revenue in international unions. The empirical evidence is found for three types of revenue-generating schemes: contributions, direct taxes, and the combination of two. Discussion of peculiarities, advantages and shortcomings of each scheme...

This policy brief examines issues associated with the design and implementation of regulatory policymaking in interconnected financial markets. The policy brief explains why international interdependence among nations’ financial markets and regulations can provide an incentive for national...