A Fistful of Dollars : : Lobbying and the Financial Crisis / / Deniz Igan, Thierry Tressel, Prachi Mishra |
Autore | Igan Deniz |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 70 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 332.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
TresselThierry
MishraPrachi |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Lobbying - Law and legislation - United States Financial crises - United States Mortgage loans - Corrupt practices - United States Financial Risk Management Macroeconomics Public Finance Industries: Financial Services Banks Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages Financial Crises National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions Finance Economic & financial crises & disasters Public finance & taxation Loans Financial crises Expenditure Personal income Expenditures, Public Income |
ISBN |
1-4623-9813-8
1-282-84474-1 9786612844744 1-4527-2684-1 1-4518-7432-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Related Literature -- III. Empirical Approach -- A. Lobbying and Loan Characteristics -- B. Empirical Specifications -- IV. Data Description -- A. Mortgage Lending -- B. Lobbying -- C. Other Data -- D. Construction of the Regressions Dataset -- E. Summary Statistics -- V. Results -- A. Empirical Analysis of Loan-to-Income Ratio -- B. Falsification Tests -- C. Difference-in-Difference Estimations -- D. Instrumental Variable Regressions and GMM -- E. Evidence on Lobbying and Securitization and Mortgage Credit Growth -- F. Lobbying and Delinquency Rates -- G. Stock Price Returns during the Crisis -- H. Discussion of Results -- VI. Conclusion -- Tables -- 1a. Targeted Political Activity Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures -- 1b. Lobbying by Financial Institutions and Lenders' Associations -- 2. Summary Statistics -- 3. Effect of Lobbying on Loan-to-Income Ratio -- 4. Effect of Lobbying Expenditures on Loan-to-Income Ratio -- 5. Effect of Lobbying on Loan-to-Income Ratio: Falsification Tests -- 6. Effect of Specific Issues Lobbying Expenditures: Differnce-in-Difference Strategy -- 7. Effect of Lobbying Expenditures on Loan-to-Income Ratio: Instrumental Variables -- 8. Effect of Lobbying Expenditures on Loan-to-Income Ratio - System GMM -- 9. Effect of Lobbying Expenditures on Proportion of Loans Sold -- 10. Effect of Lobbying Expenditures on Credit Growth -- 11.a. Effect of Lobbying on Loan Delinquency Rates -- 11b. Effect of Lobbying on Loan Delinquency Rates: Instrumental Variables -- 12. Lobbying and Abnormal Stock Returns -- 13. Evidence Inconsistent with Alternative Explanation -- Figures -- 1. Lobbying ex/firm, by Sector, 2006 -- 2. Evolution of Lobbying Intensity (expenditures per firm) Over Time -- 3. Lending Standards -- 4. Securitization -- Appendix -- Table -- A1. List of Issues.
A2 Lobbying Report Filed by Bear Stearns -- A3. Lobbying Report Filed by Bank of America -- A4. Effect of Lobbying on Loan-to-Income Ratio: Additional Robustness Checks -- References. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826145303321 |
Igan Deniz | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Frontier and Developing Asia : : The Next Generation of Emerging Markets / / Alfred Schipke |
Autore | Schipke Alfred |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (529 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.95 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Asia - 21st century
Banks and Banking Finance: General Foreign Exchange Macroeconomics Public Finance General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) Banks Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages Aggregate Factor Income Distribution Debt Debt Management Sovereign Debt Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy Finance Banking Currency Foreign exchange Public finance & taxation Emerging and frontier financial markets Exchange rate arrangements Income inequality Income Financial markets Foreign banks Financial institutions Personal income National accounts Commercial banks Financial services industry Banks and banking Income distribution Banks and banking, Foreign |
ISBN |
1-4843-2210-X
1-4983-4561-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; PART I | INTRODUCTION; 1 | The Growing Importance of Frontier and Developing Asia; 2 | Lessons for Frontier Economies from the Recent Experience of Emerging Markets; PART II | TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES AND GROWTH; 3 | Diversification, Growth, and Volatility; 4 | Growth Slowdown: Are Frontier and Developing Asian Countries Different?; 5 | Achieving Inclusive Growth; PART III | STRENGTHENING POLICY FRAMEWORKS; 6 | Financial Sector Deepening and Transformation; 7 | Addressing Financial Sector Vulnerabilities
8 | Frontier Markets in Asia and Beyond9 | Monetary Policy Frameworks: An Assessment; Index; Footnotes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797007003321 |
Schipke Alfred | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Frontier and Developing Asia : : The Next Generation of Emerging Markets / / Alfred Schipke |
Autore | Schipke Alfred |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (529 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.95 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Asia - 21st century
Banks and Banking Finance: General Foreign Exchange Macroeconomics Public Finance General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) Banks Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages Aggregate Factor Income Distribution Debt Debt Management Sovereign Debt Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy Finance Banking Currency Foreign exchange Public finance & taxation Emerging and frontier financial markets Exchange rate arrangements Income inequality Income Financial markets Foreign banks Financial institutions Personal income National accounts Commercial banks Financial services industry Banks and banking Income distribution Banks and banking, Foreign |
ISBN |
1-4843-2210-X
1-4983-4561-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; PART I | INTRODUCTION; 1 | The Growing Importance of Frontier and Developing Asia; 2 | Lessons for Frontier Economies from the Recent Experience of Emerging Markets; PART II | TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES AND GROWTH; 3 | Diversification, Growth, and Volatility; 4 | Growth Slowdown: Are Frontier and Developing Asian Countries Different?; 5 | Achieving Inclusive Growth; PART III | STRENGTHENING POLICY FRAMEWORKS; 6 | Financial Sector Deepening and Transformation; 7 | Addressing Financial Sector Vulnerabilities
8 | Frontier Markets in Asia and Beyond9 | Monetary Policy Frameworks: An Assessment; Index; Footnotes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822229303321 |
Schipke Alfred | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Frugality : : Are We Fretting Too Much? Household Saving and Assets in the United States / / Evan Tanner, Yasser Abdih |
Autore | Tanner Evan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 51 p. : ill |
Altri autori (Persone) | AbdihYasser |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Saving and investment - United States - Econometric models
Income - United States - Econometric models Wealth - United States - Econometric models Investments: Stocks Macroeconomics Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions Aggregate Factor Income Distribution Macroeconomics: Consumption Saving Wealth Pension Funds Non-bank Financial Institutions Financial Instruments Institutional Investors Investment & securities Disposable income Income Consumption Personal income Stocks National income Economics |
ISBN |
1-4623-4264-7
1-4518-7344-1 1-282-84405-9 9786612844058 1-4527-7932-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788227303321 |
Tanner Evan | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Frugality : : Are We Fretting Too Much? Household Saving and Assets in the United States / / Evan Tanner, Yasser Abdih |
Autore | Tanner Evan |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 51 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 332.024;332.02401 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AbdihYasser |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Saving and investment - United States - Econometric models
Income - United States - Econometric models Wealth - United States - Econometric models Investments: Stocks Macroeconomics Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions Aggregate Factor Income Distribution Macroeconomics: Consumption Saving Wealth Pension Funds Non-bank Financial Institutions Financial Instruments Institutional Investors Investment & securities Disposable income Income Consumption Personal income Stocks National income Economics |
ISBN |
1-4623-4264-7
1-4518-7344-1 1-282-84405-9 9786612844058 1-4527-7932-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Indicators of Household Wealth and Saving in the United States. -- III. An Inverse Relationship between Primary Savings and Asset Income? -- IV. The Estimated Relation Between Primary Saving and Asset Income -- V. Prospective Analysis: Alternative Scenarios for Savings and Assets -- A. Forward Simulations -- B. Stochastic Simulation (No Change to Parameters) -- C. Alternative "New Frugality" Scenarios: Structural Shifts In The Model -- VI. Pleasant Pigovian Accounting? Further Reflections on the Paradox of Thrift -- A. An Accounting Model -- B. Prospective Paths for Consumer Expenditures -- C. Capital Investment -- VII. Summary, Conclusions, and Directions for Future Work -- References -- Appendixes -- A. Data Definitions -- B. Assessing Transversality: Primary Savings and the Level of Assets -- C. Estimation Details -- 1. Model Setup -- 2. Coefficient Estimates: Long-Run and Short-Run -- D. Pleasant Pigovian Accounting in an Open Economy -- Appendix Tables -- A.1. Unit Root Tests for Variables in Levels and Differences -- A.2. Cointegration Analysis (Johansen (1990) Test -- A.3. Hypothesis Tests, Restrictions on Cointegrating Coefficients -- A.4. Summary of Estimates, VECM System (3') -- Tables -- 1. United States: Household Assets and Liabilities Averages by Decade -- 2. United States: Household Assets and Liabilities Averages by Decade -- 3. United States: Household Assets and Liabilities Changes between Decades -- 4. Summary of Estimates, Equations (4a), (4b), (4c) -- 5. Summary of Alternative Savings Scenarios -- 6. Summary of Estimates, Equation (12) -- 7. Summary of Estimates, Equation (13) -- Figures -- 1. Household Net Wealth and Personal Savings (in Percent of GDP) -- 2. United States: Real Rates of Return on Assets Percent per Annum, Yearly.
3. United States: Saving, Alternative Measures (In Percent of Disposable -- 4. Impulse Response Functions, VECM System (3() -- 5. Primary Savings (S*)-Stochastic Simulations US Billion -- 6. Net Worth (A, Upper Chart) and Primary Savings (S*, Lower Chart), -- 7. U.S. Savings: Corporate vs. Household Savings -- 8. US: Capital Formation and Net Wealth -- 9. US Household Consumption -- 10. Fixed Capital Formation (FC), Stochastic Simulations (US Billions) -- 11. Total Fixed Investment (Billions of 2000 US) -- Boxes -- 1. Recent Views on U.S. Savings and the Paradox Of Thrift in the Popular and Financial Press. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812017903321 |
Tanner Evan | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global Relative Poverty / / Lynge Nielsen |
Autore | Nielsen Lynge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 16 p |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Poverty
Income distribution Macroeconomics Demography Poverty and Homelessness Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General Aggregate Factor Income Distribution Demographic Economics: General Poverty & precarity Population & demography Personal income Income inequality Population and demographics National accounts Income Population |
ISBN |
1-4623-7494-8
9786612843136 1-4527-0063-X 1-4518-7240-2 1-282-84313-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788335903321 |
Nielsen Lynge | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global Relative Poverty / / Lynge Nielsen |
Autore | Nielsen Lynge |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 16 p |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Poverty
Income distribution Macroeconomics Demography Poverty and Homelessness Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General Aggregate Factor Income Distribution Demographic Economics: General Poverty & precarity Population & demography Personal income Income inequality Population and demographics National accounts Income Population |
ISBN |
1-4623-7494-8
9786612843136 1-4527-0063-X 1-4518-7240-2 1-282-84313-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Relative Poverty -- III. Results -- IV. Prospects for further poverty alleviation -- V. Extension -- VI. Concluding remarks -- References -- Tables -- 1. Global Relative Poverty, 1970-2000 -- 2. Income Span, 1970-2000 1/ -- 3. Global Average Income Levels, 1970-2000 -- 4. Global Population Distribution, 1970-2000 -- 5. Global Relative Poverty Forecast for 2010 -- References. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817193803321 |
Nielsen Lynge | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Goal-Independent Central Banks : : Why Politicians Decide to Delegate / / Christopher Crowe |
Autore | Crowe Christopher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (43 p.) |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Banks and banking, Central
Monetary policy Banks and Banking Inflation Macroeconomics Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Cross-Sectional Models Spatial Models Treatment Effect Models Noncooperative Games Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior Price Level Deflation Central Banks and Their Policies Banks Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions Banking Central bank autonomy Personal income Prices Central banks National accounts Banks and banking Income |
ISBN |
1-4623-6291-5
1-4527-8242-3 1-282-64909-4 9786613822901 1-4519-0969-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. The Model""; ""III. Predictions""; ""IV. Empirical Tests""; ""V. Case Studies""; ""VI. Conclusions"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788410903321 |
Crowe Christopher | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Goal-Independent Central Banks : : Why Politicians Decide to Delegate / / Christopher Crowe |
Autore | Crowe Christopher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (43 p.) |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Banks and banking, Central
Monetary policy Banks and Banking Inflation Macroeconomics Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Cross-Sectional Models Spatial Models Treatment Effect Models Noncooperative Games Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior Price Level Deflation Central Banks and Their Policies Banks Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions Banking Central bank autonomy Personal income Prices Central banks National accounts Banks and banking Income |
ISBN |
1-4623-6291-5
1-4527-8242-3 1-282-64909-4 9786613822901 1-4519-0969-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. The Model""; ""III. Predictions""; ""IV. Empirical Tests""; ""V. Case Studies""; ""VI. Conclusions"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808808403321 |
Crowe Christopher | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance / / Sanjeev Gupta, George Abed |
Autore | Gupta Sanjeev |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (577 p.) |
Disciplina | 330 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AbedGeorge |
Soggetto topico |
Political corruption - Economic aspects
Political corruption - Economic aspects - Developing countries Labor Macroeconomics Public Finance Taxation Criminology Natural Resources Bureaucracy Administrative Processes in Public Organizations Corruption National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General Aggregate Factor Income Distribution Institutions and the Macroeconomy National Security and War Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions Corporate crime white-collar crime Public finance & taxation Labour income economics Environmental management Education Expenditure Structural reforms Defense spending Personal income Crime Macrostructural analysis National accounts Income Expenditures, Public Income distribution |
ISBN |
1-4623-0685-3
1-4552-7399-6 1-283-53748-6 9786613849939 1-4552-3053-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contributors""; ""1 The Economics of Corruption: An Overview George T. Abed and Sanjeev Gupta""; ""Part I Causes and Consequences of Corruption""; ""2 Corruption Around the World: Causes, Consequences, Scope, and Cures Vito Tanzi""; ""3 Bureaucratic Corruption and the Rate of Temptation: Do Wages in the Civil Service Affect Corruption and by How Much? Caroline Van Rijckeghem and Beatrice Weder""; ""4 Controlling Fiscal Corruption Sheetal K. Chand and Karl O. Moene""
""5 A Game Theoretic Analysis of Corruption in Bureaucracies Era Dabla-Norris""""6 Institutionalized Corruption and the Kleptocratic State Joshua Charap and Christian Harm""; ""7 Does Mother Nature Corrupt? Natural Resources, Corruption, and Economic Growth Carlos Leite and Jens Weidmann""; ""8 Corruption, Growth, and Public Finances Vito Tanzi and Hamid R. Davoodi""; ""Part II Corruption and Government Expenditures""; ""9 Corruption and the Composition of Government Expenditure Paolo Mauro"" ""10 Corruption and the Provision of Health Care and Education Services Sanjeev Gupta, Hamid R. Davoodi, and Erwin R. Tiongson""""11 Corruption, Public Investment, and Growth Vito Tanzi and Hamid R. Davoodi""; ""12 Corruption and Military Spending Sanjeev Gupta, Luiz de Mello, and Raju Sharon""; ""13 Fiscal Decentralization and Governance: A Cross- Country Analysis Luiz de Mello and Matias Barenstein""; ""Part III Corruption and Taxes""; ""14 Tax Revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects of Economic Policies and Corruption Dhaneshwar Ghura"" ""15 Corruption, Extortion and Evasion Jean Hindriks, Michael Keen, and Abhinay Muthoo""""Part IV Corruption, Income Distribution, and Poverty""; ""16 Production, Rent Seeking, and Wealth Distribution Era Dabla-Norris and Paul Wade""; ""17 Does Corruption Affect Income Inequality and Poverty? Sanjeev Gupta, Hamid R. Davoodi, and Rosa Alonso-Terme""; ""Part V Corruption and Transition Economies""; ""18 Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies George T. Abed and Hamid R. Davoodi"" ""19 Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption in the Baltic and CIS Countries: The Role of the IMF Thomas Wolf and Emine Gurgen"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779271203321 |
Gupta Sanjeev | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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