Release Date: July, 2012

Author/Editor: Vanessa Le Leslé, Sofiya Avramova.

Release Date: March, 2012

In this paper, we provide an overview of the concerns surrounding the variations in the calculation of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) across banks and jurisdictions and how this might undermine the more...

Author/Editor: Martin Goetz, Luc Laeven, Ross Levine.

Release Date: February, 2012

This paper assesses the impact of the geographic diversification of bank holding company (BHC) assets across the United States on their market valuations. Using two novel identification strategies more...

Author/Editor: Mynor Meza, Fernando L Delgado.

Release Date: December, 2011

Improvements in financial regulation and supervision in the Central American region (CAPDR) have strengthened financial stability. Prudential instruments with potential macroeconomic effects have more...

Release Date: August, 2007

The size and sources of international spillovers of activity remain subject to significant uncertainty. This Selected Issues paper uses a new approach to differentiating these effects using more...

Release Date: October, 2004

This paper reviews Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision in The Bahamas. The assessment reveals that the overall regulatory structure in The Bahamas is complex, involves an excessive number of more...

Release Date: August, 2004

This review of financial sector regulation and supervision in the Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands Antilles explains banking, insurance, and pension fund supervision. The Netherlands more...

Release Date: August, 2004

This detailed assessment of the observance of standards and codes in the financial sector of the Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands Antilles reviews implementation of the Basel Core more...