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Contents: Part I Theory and evidence on finance and growth -- 1. Financial development and innovation-led growth … Abraham and Sergio Schmukler -- 13. Technological change, financial innovation, and economic development / Thorsten Beck and … Scott Frame -- Part IV Policies and institutions -- 14. Regulation and supervision and economic development / James Barth …
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In one of the greatest extensions of property rights in human history, common law countries began giving rights to married women in the 1850s. Before this "women's liberation," the doctrine of coverture strongly incentivized parents of daughters to hold real estate, rather than financial assets...
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The potential for pension funds to contribute to capital markets and thereby economic growth has been argued on a theoretical basis and demonstrated empirically. However, reforms fostering the development of funded pension systems have not had the economic impact hoped for in some countries....
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Fintech is the hottest topic in finance today. Recent advances in cryptography, data analytics, and artificial intelligence are visibly “disrupting” traditional methods of delivering financial services and conducting financial transactions. Less visibly, fintech is also changing the way we...
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The 2007-2010 financial crisis highlighted the central role of financial intermediaries' stability in buttressing a smooth transmission of credit to borrowers. While results from the years prior to the crisis often cast doubts on the strength of the bank lending channel, recent evidence shows...
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regulation states that banks can lower capital requirements using CDS. When the cost of capital is too steep, CDS allows banks to …
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reforms that, for example, have resulted in significant financial innovation (so-called shadow banking) and more liberalized … structural shifts in the MDF. For example, financial innovation and liberalization alter the sensitivity of money balances to … innovation, especially the growth in off-balance sheet and nonbank financial intermediation. The results suggest that usefulness …
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