Search Results - subject:"FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION"

Structural Reforms and Economic Performance in Advanced and Developing Countries

Spilimbergo, Antonio; Prati, Alessandro; Ostry, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

financial reforms (and, in particular, domestic financial liberalization, trade liberalization, and agricultural liberalization …

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Institutional Factors and Financial Sector Development; Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa

Toroyan, Hovhannes; Anayiotos, George C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

The paper assesses the effects of certain institutional factors on financial sector development in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA). Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is applied to determine the extent to which these institutions affect the financial sector, and to suggest which institutions play a more...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497602

Financial reforms and financial fragility: A panel data analysis

Iftikhar, Syed Faizan - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 3 (2015) 2, pp. 84-101

This paper explores the relationship between financial reforms, financial liberalization and the quality of banking … only by bank-specific and macro-specific variables; but also by financial liberalization and banking regulations and … supervision policies. The empirical results of this study confirm the evidence that financial reforms and financial liberalization …

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Reallocation, Competition and Productivity: Evidence from a Financial Liberalization Episode

Varela, Liliana - Department of Economics, University of Houston - 2015

This paper studies the impact of capital market distortions on misallocation, competition and aggregate productivity. Focusing on distortions in the access to international borrowing across firms, I show that a reduction in these distortions leads to an increase in aggregate productivity through...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166130

Effect of Financial Liberalization on the Probability of Occurrence of Banking Crises

mhamdi, ghrissi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

This study examines the relationship between financial liberalization and the advent probability of banking crises … (1990-2014). The results show that there is a positive relationship between financial liberalization and banking crises and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257811

Financial Reforms and Financial Fragility: A Panel Data Analysis

Iftikhar, Syed Faizan - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 3 (2015) 2, pp. 84-101

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265940

How Does Foreign Bank Entry Affect Financial Inclusion in Emerging and Developing Economies?

Gopalan, Sasidaran; Rajan, Ramikishen S. - HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), … - 2015

An important dimension of the effects of foreign bank entry on financial sector development relates to that of financial inclusion. Despite its policy significance, the empirical literature offers little evidence on the impact of bank competition generally or foreign bank entry specifically on...

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Does Foreign Bank Entry Affect Monetary Policy Effectiveness?: Exploring the Interest Rate Pass-Through Channel

Gopalan, Sasidaran; Rajan, Ramikishen S. - HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), … - 2015

This paper explores the impact of foreign bank entry on interest-rate-pass-through for a panel of 57 emerging and developing economies over 1995-2009. The paper tests for possible thresholds in terms of foreign bank presence that differentially impact interest-rate passthrough. The empirical...

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Taming Global Finance in an Age of Capital? Wage-Setting Institutions' Mitigating Effects on Housing Bubbles

Johnston, Alison; Regan, Aidan - 2015

financial liberalization's impact on housing inflation via their restraining effect on incomes. Employing both a panel …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015070688

Financial Liberalization and Urbanization

Johansson, Anders C.; Wang, Xun - Stockholm China Economic Research Institute, … - 2015

This paper analyzes the relationship between financial liberalization and urbanization. We conjecture that liberalizing … find that financial liberalization is positively associated with urbanization. When controlling for the robustness of … determinants as well as potential endogeneity, financial liberalization is still significantly and positively related to …

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