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Recent Developments in European Bank Competition

Sun, Yu - 2011

This paper investigates the degree of bank competition in the euro area, the U.S. and U.K. before and after the recent … financial crisis, and revisits the issue whether the introduction of EMU and the euro have had any impact on bank competition …. The results suggest that the level of bank competition converged across euro area countries in the wake of the EMU. The …

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Impact of the Global Crisison Banking Sector Soundness in Asian Low-Income Countries

International Monetary Fund - 2011

low-income countries, by exploring bank-level data provided by Bankscope. The paper examines three key channels of …

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Identifying Vulnerabilities in Systemically-Important Financial Institutions in a Macro-Financial Linkages Framework

Sun, Tao - 2011

This paper attempts to identify the indicators that can demonstrate the vulnerabilities in systemically important financial institutions. The paper finds that (i) indicators on leverage, liquidity, and business scope can help identify the differences between the intervened and non-intervened...

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Banking Competition and Capital Ratios

Cihák, Martin - 2007

We use data for more than 2,600 European banks to test whether increased competition causes banks to hold higher capital ratios. Employing panel data techniques, and distinguishing between the competitive conduct of small and large banks, we show that banks tend to hold higher capital ratios...

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The Case for a European Banking Charter

Cihák, Martin - 2007

Most financial institutions in the European Union (EU) are still based in one country, but a number of large financial institutions (LCFI) have systemic cross-border exposures. The paper explains how, despite much progress, nationally-segmented supervisory frameworks and national accountability...

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Dollarization of the Banking System : Good or Bad?

De Nicoló, Gianni - 2003

This paper assesses the benefits and risks associated with dollarization of the banking system. We provide novel empirical evidence on the determinants of dollarization, its role in promoting financial development, and on whether dollarization is associated with financial instability. We find...

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Too Cold, Too Hot, or Just Right? : Assessing Financial Sector Development Across the Globe

Barajas, Adolfo - 2013

This paper introduces the concept of the financial possibility frontier as a constrained optimum level of financial development to gauge the relative performance of financial systems across the globe. This frontier takes into account structural country characteristics, institutional, and...

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Benchmarking Banking Sector Efficiency Across Regional Blocks in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Room for Policy?

Boutin-Dufresne, Francois - 2013

comparator block in the Eastern Caribbean. Using bank-level data, we find that countries with a high level of operating costs, a … operating costs are associated with low measures of institutional quality and a small size of bank operations. We find support …

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Financial Stability In An Evolving Regulatory And Supervisory Landscape

Xiao, Yingbin - 2013

This paper runs qualitative and quantitative analyses of the financial soundness of Danish banks. Helped by a series of Denmark’s financial policy initiatives, banks have made progress in improving financial stability. However, vulnerabilities remain. To mitigate risks, banks should continue...

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Taxation, Bank Leverage, and Financial Crises

Mooij, Ruud A. de - 2013

the probability of financial crisis. It finds that greater tax bias is associated with significantly higher aggregate bank …

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