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Global Liquidity and Drivers of Cross-Border Bank Flows

Author/Editor: Eugenio Cerutti, Stijn Claessens, Lev Ratnovski.

Release Date:April, 2014

This paper provides a definition of global liquidity consistent with its meaning as the “ease of financing” in international financial markets. Using a longer time series and broader sample of more...



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What is Shadow Banking?

Author/Editor: Stijn Claessens, Lev Ratnovski.

Release Date:February, 2014

There is much confusion about what shadow banking is. Some equate it with securitization, others with non-traditional bank activities, and yet others with non-bank lending. Regardless, most think of more...



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Bailouts and Systemic Insurance

Author/Editor: Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Lev Ratnovski.

Release Date:November, 2013

We revisit the link between bailouts and bank risk taking. The expectation of government support to failing banks creates moral hazard—increases bank risk taking. However, when a bank’s success more...



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Competition Policy for Modern Banks

Author/Editor: Lev Ratnovski.

Release Date:May, 2013

Traditional bank competition policy seeks to balance efficiency with incentives to take risk. The main tools are rules guiding entry/exit and consolidation of banks. This paper seeks to refine this more...



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Liquidity and Transparency in Bank Risk Management

Author/Editor: Lev Ratnovski.

Release Date:January, 2013

Banks may be unable to refinance short-term liabilities in case of solvency concerns. To manage this risk, banks can accumulate a buffer of liquid assets, or strengthen transparency to communicate more...



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Shadow Banking : Economics and Policy

Author/Editor: Stijn Claessens, Lev Ratnovski, Manmohan Singh.

Release Date:December, 2012

This note outlines the basic economics of the shadow banking system, highlights (systemic) risks related to it, and suggests implications for measurement and regulatory approaches. more...



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Banking and Trading

Author/Editor: Arnoud W A Boot, Lev Ratnovski.

Release Date:October, 2012

We study the effects of a bank's engagement in trading. Traditional banking is

relationship-based: not scalable, long-term oriented, more...



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Externalities and Macroprudential Policy

Author/Editor: Gianni De Nicolo, Giovanni Favara, Lev Ratnovski.

Release Date:June, 2012

This note overviews macroprudential policy options that have been proposed to address the systemic risks experienced during the recent financial crisis. It contributes to the policy debate by more...



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Commodity Prices and Inflation Expectations in the United States

Author/Editor: Oya Celasun, Roxana Mihet, Lev Ratnovski.

Release Date:March, 2012

U.S. monetary policy can remain extraordinarily accommodative only if longer-term inflation expectations stay well-anchored, including in response to commodity price shocks. We find that oil price more...



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Capital Regulation and Tail Risk

Author/Editor: Enrico Camillo Perotti, Lev Ratnovski, Razvan Vlahu.

Release Date:August, 2011

The paper studies risk mitigation associated with capital regulation, in a context where banks may choose tail risk asserts. We show that this undermines the traditional result that high capital more...



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