into a false sense of security. It is important to harness market information to improve bank safety (for example, by …

show that linking bank's capital asset requirements to external ratings would have undesirable effects for developing … strength in higher- and lower-income countries. Second, bank and corporate ratings in developing countries (unlike their … economic activity. Bank capital needs in developing countries would be more volatile than those in high-income countries. These …

were rescued while those suffering from poor management were liquidated. f) The government, not the central bank, should … undertake bank restructuring. Central bank refinancing is not transparent and could lead to hyperinflation …

system has weathered several small bank crises, but has not yet been exposed to a major bank failure, or a systemic crisis …. The high coverage limit might induce bank managers, and owners to abuse the scheme. Banks might intentionally under … depositors, and ex-post bank funding, that gives banks an incentive to monitor one another to minimize costs …

- that enforcing bank capital asset requirements, exerts a negative effect on the supply of credit. Their econometric … ongoing debate on the impact of the revision of bank capital asset requirements, contemplated by the 1999 Basel proposal. They …

Based on results from country case studies, many researchers have claimed that political constraints affect bank … econometrically tested how political constraints affect bank privatization transactions or theretically modeled the privatization … bank will remain solvent, about the profits it will earn after privatization, and about the price paid for the assets and …

impact on bank spreads and loan maturity. After controlling for banks' characteristics, macroeconomic factors, and more …