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Compliance with the AM+L4776L/CFT International Standard; Lessons from a Cross-Country Analysis
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This paper assesses countries' compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) international standard during the period 2004 to 2011. We find that overall compliance is low; there is an adverse impact on financial transparency created by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203542
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Financial Integration in Asia : Estimating the Risk-Sharing Gains for Australia and Other Nations
Mercereau, Benoît - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. FINANCIAL INTEGRATION REDUCES RISK -- III. ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY AND DATA -- IV. RESULTS -- V. CONCLUSION -- Appendix. Data Sources and Construction -- References.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690982
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Implications of Trade Barriers for Sectoral Diversification and Macroeconomic Stability in Developing Economies.
Srour, Gabriel - 2006
DIVERSIFICATION -- V. RIGID WAGES -- VI. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: THE MODEL -- REFERENCES. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691138
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Does Economic Diversification Lead to Financial Development? Evidence from Topography.
Ramcharan, Rodney - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691155
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A Conceptual Policy Framework for Leveraging Digitalization to Support Diversification in Sub-Saharan Africa
Diouf, Mame Astou - 2024
, despite its established economic benefits, several challenges have precluded diversification in SSA. Against this backdrop … digitalization is a promising avenue to overcome barriers to diversification. Fast-paced advances in the diffusion of digital … new and unprecedented ways. Therefore, digitalization has the potential to promote diversification and growth in SSA by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015080303
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Geoeconomic Fragmentation and International Diversification Benefits
Okuda, Tatsushi - 2024
quantify the loss of international diversification benefits for major advanced economies, which have a significant presence in … imply a potentially significant loss of international diversification benefits of financial openness for the considered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058604
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Financial Crises in DSGE Models: A Prototype Model
Benes, Jaromir; Kumhof, Michael; Laxton, Douglas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper presents the theoretical structure of MAPMOD, a new IMF model designed to study vulnerabilities associated with excessive credit expansions, and to support macroprudential policy analysis. In MAPMOD, bank loans create purchasing power that facilitates adjustments in the real economy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790398
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Financial Crises in DSGE Models: Selected Applications of MAPMOD
Benes, Jaromir; Kumhof, Michael; Laxton, Douglas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper, together with a technical companion paper, presents MAPMOD, a new IMF model designed to study vulnerabilities associated with excessive credit expansions, and to support macroprudential policy analysis. In MAPMOD, bank loans create purchasing power that facilitates adjustments in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790408
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Bank Funding Costs for International Banks
Babihuga, Rita; Spaltro, Marco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper investigates the determinants of bank funding costs for a sample of internationally active banks from 2001–12. We find that changes in banks’ unsecured funding costs are associated with bank-specific characteristics such as an institution’s credit worthiness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142003
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HEAT! A Bank Health Assessment Tool
Ong, Li L.; Jeasakul, Phakawa; Kwoh, Sarah - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Developments during the global financial crisis have highlighted the importance of differentiating across financial systems and institutions. Assessments of financial stability have increasingly considered the characteristics of individual banks within a financial system, as well as those with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142011