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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788341003321

Autore

Tressel Thierry

Titolo

Do Financial Sector Reforms Lead to Financial Development? Evidence from a New Dataset / / Thierry Tressel, Enrica Detragiache

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

1-4623-7596-0

1-4527-2082-7

9786612842160

1-4518-7123-6

1-282-84216-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (44 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/265

Altri autori (Persone)

DetragiacheEnrica

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Finance - Econometric models

Economic development - Econometric models

Banks and banking - Econometric models

Right of property - Econometric models

Banks and Banking

Finance: General

Money and Monetary Policy

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Banking

Finance

Monetary economics

Financial sector development

Credit

Commercial banks

Bank credit

Banks and banking

Financial services industry

Kyrgyz Republic



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. The Empirical Model; III. The Data; IV. Estimation Results; V. Conclusions; References; Tables; 1. Sample Countries; 2. Summary Statistics; 3. Cross-Correlations; 4. Baseline Regression: Two Alternative Maximum Lags; 5A. What Explains the Lack of Sustained Effect of Reforms on Financial Depth in Developing Countries? Shocks, Policies, Non-Linearities; 5B. What Explains the Lack of Sustained Effect of Reforms on Financial Depth in Developing Countries? Institutions; 6. Regressions Countries with Good Property Rights; 7. GMM Regressions

8. Regressions with 5 Year Periods Panels9. Impact of Specific Banking Sector Reforms on Financial Depth; Figures; 1. Financial Reforms by Regions; 2. Private Credit to GDP Around Episodes of Banking Reform; 3. Financial Depth and Banking Reform Index-evolution of cross-sectional dispersion; 4. Financial Depth and Banking Reform Index-correlation over time; 5. Estimated Effect of Banking Reforms on the Private Credit to GDP Ratio; Data Appendix; Appendix; Empirical Specification

Sommario/riassunto

This paper studies whether the policies that, over the past decades, liberalized bankingsystems around the world have resulted in deeper credit markets. To measure banking sectorreforms we use a new index that tracks policy changes in five separate areas for 91 countriesover 1973-2005. We find that reforms have led to financial deepening, but only in countrieswith institutions that place checks and balances on political power. We interpret this asevidence of a complementarity between financial sector reforms and political institutions thatprotect property rights. Other country characteristics do not seem to significantly influencethe effect of banking reforms on financial development.