This paper contributes to the debate on the adequate regulatory treatment of non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI … example of credit funds as non-bank entities economically engaged in credit intermediation to illustrate the merits of the …

many banks in the region, bank share prices have generally underperformed the market, and significant differences persist … in the health of the region's banking systems. In addition, bank lending to private business has been weak across much of …

-- Chapter 7: Why Bank Separation Must Complement the Leverage Ratio -- Chapter 8: Assessing the Finalised Basel III Banking …

. However, their very success in taming the collapse reduced efforts to radically change the "big bank" business model and … stability, the growing weight of the financial sector, and the role of the state. Building on this legacy, it is possible to …

Whether and to what extent tougher bank regulation weighs on economic growth is an open empirical question. Using data … from 28 manufacturing industries in 50 countries, we explore the extent to which cross-country differences in bank … enterprises. This relationship, however, exists only for bank-based systems and emerging market economies. In the pre …