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Horen, Neeltje van - 2009

Studying a large number of banks in various countries between 1999 and 2006, we document that foreign banks perform better when from a high income country, when host country competition is limited, and when they are large and rely more on deposits for funding. Foreign banks' performance improves...

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Sudden Stops and IMF-Supported Programs.

Mody, Ashoka - 2006

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SUDDEN STOPS AND MULTILATERAL INSURANCE -- III. CAPITAL FLOWS AND SUDDEN STOPS -- IV. IMF-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS -- V. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS -- VI. IMF-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS AND SUDDEN STOPS -- VII. EXTENSIONS -- VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- Appendix...

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Growth From International Capital Flows; The Role of Volatility Regimes

Murshid, Antu Panini; Mody, Ashoka - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Recent commentary has downplayed the growth dividend from international financial integration, highlighting the possibly negative correlation between capital inflows and long-run growth. This paper presents new evidence consistent with standard economic theory and a more benign interpretation of...

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Foreign Banks; Trends, Impact and Financial Stability

Horen, Neeltje van; Claessens, Stijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper introduces a comprehensive database on bank ownership for 137 countries over 1995-2009, and reviews foreign bank behavior and impact. It documents substantial increases in foreign bank presence, with many more home and host countries. Current market shares of foreign banks average 20...

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Being a Foreigner Among Domestic Banks; Asset or Liability?

Horen, Neeltje van; Claessens, Stijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

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What is An Emerging Market?

Mody, Ashoka - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

As developing economies become richer, they seek to contract with the global economy in increasingly complex ways. Dealing with that complexity often implies the need to renegotiate contracts. However, such recontracting is viewed with concern, particularly by market participants. At the same...

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International Dividend Repatriations

Lehmann, Alexander; Mody, Ashoka - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

Income earned by the branches and subsidiaries of multinational firms can be either reinvested in the host country or repatriated as dividends to the firms' headquarters. Despite the rapid growth of foreign direct investment in the 1990s, there has been relatively limited analysis of the...

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The Role of Information in Driving FDI Flows; Host-Country Transparency and Source-Country Specialization

Razin, Assaf; Mody, Ashoka; Sadka, Efraim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

We develop a simple information-based model of FDI flows. On the one hand, the abundance of "intangible" capital in specialized industries in the source countries, which presumably generates expertise in screening investment projects in the host countries, enhances FDI flows. On the other hand,...

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Investment-Led Growth in China; Global Spillovers

Ahuja, Ashvin; Nabar, Malhar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

-led growth and face growing risks from a deceleration in investment in China. This note quantifies potential global spillovers … from an investment slowdown in China. It finds that a one percentage point slowdown in investment in China is associated … vulnerable to an investment slowdown in China. The spillover effects also register strongly across a range of macroeconomic …

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The Spillover Effects of a Downturn in Chinaâ€™s Real Estate Investment

Ahuja, Ashvin; Myrvoda, Alla - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

Real estate investment accounts for a quarter of total fixed asset investment (FAI) in China. The real estate sectorâ … process relies primarily on collateral, like in China. As a result, the impact on economic activity of a collapse in real …€™s trading partners. Using a two-region factor-augmented vector autoregression model that allows for interaction between China …

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