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This paper estimates the long run elasticity of the demand for fixed nonresidential capital (both equipment and structures) to changes in its user cost using a quarterly panel of two-digit manufacturing data from South Africa from 1970 to 2001. Using a difference specification that does not rely...
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Net corporate profits have persisted at historical highs for almost 10 years. Such levels exceed what can be profitably re-invested, as evidenced by aggregate dividend payouts and buybacks nearing 6% of GDP. We argue that at such levels corporate profits operate effectively as a tax on the...
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Turkey recovered swiftly from the global financial crisis but sizeable macroeconomic imbalances arose in the process. High consumer price inflation and a wide current account deficit are sources of vulnerability. Even though below-potential growth helps rebalancing and disinflation, these...
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Government-nanced bank restructuring programs, occasionally costing up to 50% of GDP,are commonly used to resolve … costs under dierent nancingoptions. In our model bank credit is essential, due to a working capital constraint onrms, and …
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We analyse the poisonous interaction between bank rescues, financial fragility and sovereign debt discounts. In our … sovereign debt discount. We introduce long term government debt, which gives rise to the possibility of capital losses on bank … intermediaries causes bond prices to drop triggering capital losses at the bank under intervention. This mechanism shows the limits …
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induced a parallel credit crunch and illiquidity concerns for European banks. Bank holdings of sovereign debt issued by … shortfalls associated with systemic risk in the next major credit and illiquidity crisis, with Deutsche Bank requiring the ….The European Central Bank has stepped up low-cost, short-term lending with relaxed collateral demands. Banks optimistically might …
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This paper extends the economic growth model tested by Levine and Zervos (1998) by including a measure for capital allocation efficiency proxied by stock price informativeness. Using a sample of 59 countries, this study finds that stock price informativeness as measured by firm-specific return...
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We analyze the poisonous interaction between bank rescues, financial fragility and sovereign debt discounts. In our … sovereign debt discount. We introduce long term government debt, which gives rise to the possibility of capital losses on bank … intermediaries causes bond prices to drop triggering capital losses at the bank under intervention. This mechanism shows the limits …
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markets. The impact of GFC on bank efficiency and shareholder value creation is assessed for 29 large banks in the USA, UK … bank efficiency and shareholder value during 2008-09. A significant relationship between profit efficiency and shareholder … value and cost efficiency. Important determinants of shareholder value and bank efficiency are also identified, which …
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We study the role of banks in amplifying a fiscal stimulus. Exploiting increases in US defense spending following the 9/11 attacks, we show that increased economic activity in counties exposed to the spending shock lowered non-performing loans at banks. In turn, banks increased lending to small...
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