 | The Finance and Growth Nexus Re-Examined: Do All Countries Benefit Equally? Author/Editor: Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Reza Yousefi. Release Date:May, 2013 A large theoretical and empirical literature has focused on the impact of financial deepening on economic growth throughout the world. This paper contributes to the literature by investigating more...
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 | Too Cold, Too Hot, Or Just Right? Assessing Financial Sector Development Across the Globe Author/Editor: Adolfo Barajas, Thorsten Beck, Era Dabla-Norris, Reza Yousefi. Release Date:March, 2013 This paper introduces the concept of the financial possibility frontier as a constrained optimum level of financial development to gauge the relative performance of financial systems across the more...
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| Workers' Remittances: An Overlooked Channel of International Business Cycle Transmission? Author/Editor: Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Christian Ebeke, Sampawende J -A Tapsoba. Release Date:October, 2012 This paper shows that remittance flows significantly increase the business cycle synchronization between remittance-recipient countries and the rest of the world. Using both aggregate and bilateral more...
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| Remittances Channel and Fiscal Impact in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Author/Editor: Yasser Abdih, Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Christian Ebeke. Release Date:April, 2012 This paper identifies a remittances channel that transmits exogenous shocks, such as business cycles in remittance-sending countries, to the public finances of remittance-receiving countries. Using more...
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| Market Discipline and Conflicts of Interest Between Banks and Pension Funds Author/Editor: Adolfo Barajas, Mario Catalan. Release Date:December, 2011 We study the behavior of private pension funds as large depositors in a banking system. Using panel data analysis, we examine whether, and if so how, pension funds influence market discipline in more...
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| Workers' Remittances and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate : Theory and Evidence Author/Editor: Ralph Chami, Adolfo Barajas, Peter Montiel, Dalia Hakura. Release Date:December, 2010 This paper investigates the impact of workers’ remittances on equilibrium real exchange rates (ERER) in recipient economies. Using a small open economy model, it shows that standard Dutch Disease more...
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| Recent Credit Stagnation in the Mena Region : What to Expect? What Can Be Done? Author/Editor: Ralph Chami, Raphael A Espinoza, Adolfo Barajas, Heiko Hesse. Release Date:September, 2010 This paper examines the recent credit slowdown among Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries from three analytical angles. First, it finds that, similar to other regions and to its past more...
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| U.S. Bank Behavior in the Wake of the 2007–2009 Financial Crisis Author/Editor: Dalia Hakura, Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano, Adolfo Barajas. Release Date:May, 2010 The paper examines the slowdown of lending by large U.S. banks over the period 2007Q3 - 2009Q2, focusing on: (i) whether capital or liquidity was the binding constraint; (ii) factors influencing more...
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| The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa: What's the Damage? Author/Editor: Ralph Chami, Adolfo Barajas, Anjali Garg, Connel Fullenkamp. Release Date:January, 2010 Using data on the distribution of migrants from Africa, GDP growth forecasts for host countries, and after estimating remittance multipliers in recipient countries, this paper estimates the impact of more...
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| Do Workers’ Remittances Promote Economic Growth? Author/Editor: Michael T. Gapen, Ralph Chami, Peter Montiel, Adolfo Barajas, Connel Fullenkamp. Release Date:July, 2009 Over the past decades, workers' remittances have grown to become one of the largest sources of financial flows to developing countries, often dwarfing other widely-studied sources such as private more...
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