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Estimating Spillover Risk Among Large EU Banks

Author/Editor: Li L Ong, Martin Cihak.

Release Date:November, 2007

The paper examines the scope for cross-border spillovers among major EU banks using information contained in the stock prices and financial statements of these banks. The results suggest that more...



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Banking Competition and Capital Ratios

Author/Editor: Martin Cihak, Klaus Schaeck.

Release Date:September, 2007

We use data for more than 2,600 European banks to test whether increased competition causes banks to hold higher capital ratios. Employing panel data techniques, and distinguishing between the more...



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The Case for a European Banking Charter

Author/Editor: Martin Cihak, Jörg Decressin.

Release Date:July, 2007

Most financial institutions in the European Union (EU) are still based in one country, but a number of large financial institutions (LCFI) have systemic cross-border exposures. The paper explains more...



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Introduction to Applied Stress Testing

Author/Editor: Martin Cihak.

Release Date:March, 2007

Stress testing is a useful and increasingly popular, yet sometimes misunderstood, method of analyzing the resilience of financial systems to adverse events. This paper aims to help demystify stress more...



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Cooperative Banks and Financial Stability

Author/Editor: Martin Cihak, Heiko Hesse.

Release Date:January, 2007

Cooperative banks are an important, and growing, part of many financial systems. This paper empirically analyzes the role of cooperative banks in financial stability. Contrary to some suggestions in more...



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Are More Competitive Banking Systems More Stable?

Author/Editor: Martin Cihak, Simon Wolfe, Klaus Schaeck.

Release Date:June, 2006

This paper provides the first empirical analysis of the cross-country relationship between a direct measure of competitive conduct of financial institutions and banking system fragility. Using the more...



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How Do Central Banks Writeon Financial Stability?

Author/Editor: Martin Cihak.

Release Date:June, 2006

To showcase their increasing focus on financial stability, many central banks and other institutions have started publishing regular reports on financial stability. The paper presents a survey of the 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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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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Convergence of Relative Prices and Inflation in Central and Eastern Europe

Author/Editor: Tomás Holub, Martin Cihak.

Release Date:September, 2001

The paper assesses inflation risks resulting from the convergence of structures of relative prices in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries toward the European Union (EU). The basic idea of more...



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