In this paper we explore some lessons from the Spanish housing boom and the incipient bust from the point of view of the usefulness of the regulatory approach, with particular regard to dynamic provisions and the regulatory treatment of securitisation. First, we describe the main features of the...

The financial crisis of 2007–08 has drawn the attention of regulators and market participants to the severe consequences of pro-cyclicality in the financial system. While this had already been a concern during preparations for the introduction of Basel II, it seems that much still needs to be...

The paper uses the P-STAR model to analyze Spanish prices from 1970 to 1996, adding the foreign price gap to the standard domestic definition of the P-STAR model (the domestic price gap) to assess the role German price movements played in Spanish inflation. The domestic price gap turns out to be...

This paper assembles a bank-level dataset covering the operations of 38 international banks from eight industrial countries and their subsidiaries overseas during 1995-2004, and studies the extent of diversification gains from their local operations abroad. The paper finds that international...

Recent banking crises in Argentina, Paraguay, and Venezuela suggest that the macroeconomic impact is influenced by the causes of the crisis, the exchange rate regime, the degree of dollarization, and the structure of the banking system. Crises stemming from both macroeconomic and bank-specific...

The experiences of seven countries that have undergone banking crises show that crises have significant implications for the short-run stability of the demand for money, the money multiplier, the transmission mechanism, and the signal variables of monetary policy. Monetary and credit...

En Colombia la profundizacion financiera es baja. En este contexto, en los ultimos anos se han desarrollado diferentes esfuerzos tanto por parte de los gobiernos y el sector privado para fomentar el despegue de modelos que permitan un mayor acceso a los servicios financieros. Estos esquemas de...

El sistema financiero esta siendo objeto de un importante ajuste regulatorio que se ha incrementado gradualmente en los ultimos cinco años. Solvencia II y Basilea III son dos de las iniciativas globales mas relevantes que tratan de reformular el escenario futuro de las finanzas. Bajo este...

La senda de crecimiento de la economia peruana en las ultimas decadas ha venido aparejada del crecimiento del sistema financiero; ello sin embargo no se ha trasladado en una mayor penetracion respecto al PIB, el mismo que se encuentra alrededor del 30%, y que se compara inferior con otros paises...

En este documento de trabajo se explica el proceso de construccion de la union bancaria, el proyecto europeo mas ambicioso desde la moneda unica, lanzado en 2012 para enviar a los mercados una senal fuerte de unidad frente a la fragmentacion financiera y al riesgo de ruptura del euro.