Post-crisis bank behavior [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from Mercosur / / Sarah Sanya and Montfort Mlachila

• Autore: Sanya Sarah
• Pubblicazione: [Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (42 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Banks and banking; Convergence (Economics)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MlachilaMontfort
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; I. Introduction; II. Banking Crises in Mercosur; A. General Overview of Post-Crisis Banking Behavior; B. The Evolution of Bank Crises in Mercosur; III. Methodology and Data Issues; A. The Concept of Convergence and Bank Behavior; B. The Regression Framework; C. Data Sources and Issues; IV. The Results; A. Descriptive Statistics; Tables; 1. Mercosur: Bank Behavior Summary Statistics; B. Regression Analysis; 2. Correlations Between Selected Variables; 3. Summary Results for Absolute and Conditional Convergence; Figures; 1. Ratio of Public Sector Credit to Gross Domestic Product ; 2. Ratio of Private Sector Credit to Gross Domestic Product 4. Results for Absolute and Conditional Sigma Convergence by Country; 5. Results for Absolute and Conditional Sigma Convergence by Countries; V. Robustness Tests; A. Alternative Benchmarks; B. Results; 6. Summary Results for Sigma Convergence Using Chile and Norway as Alternative Benchmarks; 3. Ratio of Loans to Assets; 4. Ratio of Private Sector Credit to Gross Domestic Product; 5. Capitalization; C. The Behavior of Foreign and Large Banks; 6. Commercial Bank's Reserves to Gross Domestic Product ; 7. Absolute Sigma Convergence by Bank Type VI. Concluding Remarks; Appendix; I. Variable Definitions and Sources; References
• Sommario/riassunto: Did the occurrence of systemic banking crises in the 1990's and 2000's significantly alter the behavior of banks in the Mercosur? The objective of this paper is to answer this question by analyzing changes in bank behavior after crises in the Mercosur region. To our knowledge, this is the first paper to apply the convergence methodology-which is common in the growth literature-to post-crisis bank behavior. Using a panel dataset of commercial banks during the period 1990-2006, we analyze the impact of crises on four sets of financial indicators of bank behavior-profitability, maturity preference,
• Titolo autorizzato: Post-crisis bank behavior
• ISBN: 1-4623-9611-9; 1-4527-9848-6; 1-283-57050-5; 9786613882950; 1-4519-1850-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464732803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF working paper ; ; WP/10/1.