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The Rise of Foreign Investment in China's Banks—Taking Stock

Author/Editor: Lamin Leigh, Richard Podpiera.

Release Date:December, 2006

The recent wave of foreign investment in China's banks and the prospects of further opening of the banking sector under the WTO agreement suggest that foreign banks are likely to play an increasingly more...



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Is One Watchdog Better Than Three? International Experience with Integrated Financial Sector Supervision

Author/Editor: Martin Cihak, Richard Podpiera.

Release Date:March, 2006

Over the past two decades, there has been a clear trend toward integrating the regulation and supervision of banks, nonbank financial institutions, and securities markets. This paper reviews the more...



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Progress in China's Banking Sector Reform : Has Bank Behavior Changed?

Author/Editor: Richard Podpiera.

Release Date:March, 2006

Substantial effort has been devoted to reforming China's banking system in recent years. The authorities recapitalized three large state-owned banks, introduced new governance structures, and brought more...



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Quality of Financial Policies and Financial System Stress

Author/Editor: Udaibir S Das, Plamen Yossifov, Richard Podpiera, Dmitriy Rozhkov.

Release Date:September, 2005

In this paper, we develop multi-country indices of financial system stress and quality of financial policies and use them in regression analysis of the determinants of financial stress. We find that more...



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European Union Enlargement and Equity Markets in Accession Countries

Author/Editor: Richard Podpiera, Tomás Dvorák.

Release Date:September, 2005

The announcement of the European Union enlargement coincided with a dramatic rise in stock prices in accession countries. This paper investigates the hypothesis that the rise in stock prices was a more...



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Bank Behavior in Developing Countries : Evidence from East Africa

Author/Editor: Richard Podpiera, Martin Cihak.

Release Date:June, 2005

We analyze the structure, performance, and role of banking systems in the three member countries of the East African Community-Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda-against the backdrop of recent financial more...



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Does Compliance with Basel Core Principles Bring Any Measurable Benefits?

Author/Editor: Richard Podpiera.

Release Date:November, 2004

We explore the relationship between banking sector performance and the quality of regulation and supervision as measured by compliance with the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision more...



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Insurance and Issues in Financial Soundness

Author/Editor: Udaibir S Das, Richard Podpiera, Nigel Davies.

Release Date:July, 2003

This paper explores insurance as a source of financial system vulnerability. It provides a brief overview of the insurance industry and reviews the risks it faces, as well as several recent failures more...



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