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From institutions to financial development and growth : what are the links?

Fernández, Andrés; Tamayo, César E. - 2015

This paper presents an integrated overview of the literature linking institutions, financial development and economic growth. From the large body of research on institutional development, the paper first selects those contributions that make it possible to study the role of institutional...

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Banking Regulation and Supervision, and the Output Cost of Systemic Banking Crises in Developed and Emerging Countries

Guerry, Nicolas - 2014

Recessions associated with banking crises are deeper and longer than other recessions. While banking crises are often believed to reflect defects in regulation and supervision, regulatory and supervisory frameworks may also determine the shape of subsequent recoveries. Combining new databases...

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Financial Consumer Protection and the Cost of Financial Intermediation : Evidence from Advanced and Developing Economies

Pasiouras, Fotios - 2016

Using a dataset of around 3,000 commercial banks from over 100 countries, I examine the impact of financial consumer protection policies on the cost of financial intermediation. I find evidence that the existence of internal mechanisms for handling complaints, requirements for fair treatment,...

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Financial Intermediation Costs in Low Income Countries : The Role of Regulatory, Institutional, and Macroeconomic Factors

Poghosyan, Tigran - 2015

at the bank level, we find that within LICs a substantial part of the variation in interest margins can be explained by … bank-specific factors: margins tend to increase with higher riskiness of credit portfolio, lower bank capitalization (or … lower risk aversion), and smaller bank size. Overall, we find that concentrated market structures and lack of competition in …

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Financial Intermediation Costs in Low-Income Countries : The Role of Regulatory, Institutional, and Macroeconomic Factors

Poghosyan, Tigran - 2012

at the bank level, we find that within LICs a substantial part of the variation in interest margins can be explained by … bank-specific factors: margins tend to increase with higher riskiness of credit portfolio, lower bank capitalization, and … smaller bank size. Overall, we find that concentrated market structures and lack of competition in LICs banking systems and …

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