 | Why Do Central Banks Go Weak? Author/Editor: Nada Oulidi, Alain Ize. Release Date:January, 2009 Determinants of central banks' profitability are studied using a statistical analysis of their balance sheets, country characteristics, and the macroeconomic and institutional environments in which more...
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 | Financial Dollarization : The Policy Agenda Author/Editor: Adrián Armas, Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Alain Ize. Release Date:July, 2006 Financial (unofficial) dollarization is widely seen as a critical source of financial fragility in both developing and emerging economies. This volume provides a rigorous and balanced perspective on more...
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| Spending Seigniorage : Do Central Banks Have a Governance Problem? Author/Editor: Alain Ize. Release Date:March, 2006 This paper reviews how central banks allocate seigniorage, based on systematic crosscountry comparisons of their financial accounts. Central banks are classified as weak or strong, depending upon more...
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| Financial Dollarization Equilibria : A Framework for Policy Analysis Author/Editor: Alain Ize. Release Date:September, 2005 Rapidly rising dollarization and numerous related financial crises in recent years have heightened the need for policy action. This paper contributes to the policy debate by presenting a common more...
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| Financial De-Dollarization : Is it for Real? Author/Editor: Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Alain Ize. Release Date:September, 2005 De facto (unofficial) dollarization, defined as the holding by residents of assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency, is a policy concern in an increasing number of developing more...
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| Managing Systemic Liquidity Risk in Financially Dollarized Economies Author/Editor: Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Alain Ize, Miguel A Kiguel. Release Date:September, 2005 This paper evaluates ways to protect highly dollarized banking systems from systemic liquidity runs (such as the ones that took place recently in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay). In view of the more...
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| Capitalizing Central Banks : A Net Worth Approach Author/Editor: Alain Ize. Release Date:January, 2005 This paper provides a simple, quantitative, net worth-based, approach to assessing the need for central bank capital. It derives a concept of core capital (a function of the central bank's more...
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| Financial Stability in Dollarized Economies Author/Editor: Anne Marie Gulde, David S. Hoelscher, Alain Ize, Dewitt Marston, Gianni De Nicolo. Release Date:June, 2004 This paper addresses the challenges to prudential supervision in highly dollarized economies, where central banks and supervisors may be constrained in the use of standard money and financial policy more...
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| Prudential Responses to De Facto Dollarization Author/Editor: Alain Ize, Andrew Powell. Release Date:April, 2004 We develop a theoretical framework that encompasses four distinct motives for dollarization and discuss appropriate policy responses to help contain dollarization and its attendant risks. Moral more...
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| Dollarization of the Banking System : Good or Bad? Author/Editor: Gianni De Nicolo, Patrick Honohan, Alain Ize. Release Date:July, 2003 This paper assesses the benefits and risks associated with dollarization of the banking system. We provide novel empirical evidence on the determinants of dollarization, its role in promoting more...
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