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A foreign currency effect in the syndicated loan market of emerging economies

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2018
Abstract This paper documents and explains the empirical finding that syndicated loans denominated in a foreign currency are charged a lower loan spread relative to those denominated in the local currency in many emerging economies (henceforth referred to as the “foreign currency effect).
Di Gong, Tao Jiang, Weixing Wu
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Foreign Currency Loans in Croatia

2023
As was the case with many other South-eastern European countries, Croatia was severely affected by the credit agreements concluded in B2C relationships during the time period from 2003 to 2009. According to the available statistics, consumer credit agreements denominated in or indexed to the foreign currency of the Swiss franc (CHF) affected ...
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Foreign Currency Loans in Italy

2023
The chapter deals with the legal rules and the litigation on CHF-indexed loans in Italy. After a survey of the legislative landscape of rules applying to loans indexed to a foreign currency and some preliminary remarks about the authorities involved in the litigation over these loans, the chapter explores the range of solutions provided thus far by the
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Foreign Currency Loans – A Credible Borrowing Alternative?

Journal of Property Finance, 1991
Notes that foreign currency loans have become increasingly popular due to the UK′s entrance to the Exchange Rate Mechanism and an increase in clients′ awareness of financial markets. Suggests that risks are still attached to foreign currency loans and questions whether they can now be considered a viable alternative.
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Features of restructuring mortgage loans nominated in foreign currency

Studies on Russian Economic Development, 2017
The article examines the experience of restructuring mortgage loans denominated in foreign currency in 2008–2010 when many borrowers faced difficulties in servicing their loan obligations, and the lack of a culture of working with a problem debt and practical experience in overcoming temporary complex life situations formed hotbeds of acute social ...
A. A. Tsyganov, A. D. Yazykov
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THE FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS AFFAIR: SOME COMMENTS

Australian Economic Papers, 1997
Kingston (1995) discusses the legal complications arising out of the foreign currency loans taken out in the middle eighties. This note discusses a number of points of difference within Kingston's interpretations. The most important example of these is the predictability of the losses arising from the loans.
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Demand and supply drivers of foreign currency loans in CEECs: A meta-analysis

Economic Systems, 2014
We present a meta-analysis of the determinants of foreign currency loans in Central and Eastern Europe. We base our inferences on the results of 21 studies that provide around 800 estimated coefficients for seven determinants of foreign currency loan demand.
Crespo Cuaresma, J., Fidrmuc, Jar., Hake, M.   +2 more
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Foreign Currency Loans and Loan Arrears of Households in Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]

, 2012
Given recent adverse developments, widespread foreign currency borrowing in CEECs poses a serious challenge for financial stability. Against this background, we use survey data to study the determinants of loan arrears of private households. Our data confirm a non-negligible impact of foreign currency loans on financial vulnerability.
Elisabeth Beckmann, Jarko Fidrmuc, Helmut Stix   +2 more
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Why do firms default on their foreign currency loans? The case of Hungary

Journal of International Money and Finance, 2017
I isolate the effect of the foreign currency on the loan performance of firms borrowing in different currencies in crisis time. I use a novel micro-level dataset from Hungary to decompose the factors contributing to the higher loan deterioration of foreign currency borrowers compared to local currency debtors.
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What are the difference among the currencies of foreign exchange loans?

Public Finance Quarterly, 2014
Bank solvency is affected by currency fluctuations if foreign currency loans (FCL) are significant. Current paper analyzed the extremity of these fluctuations and the time-variance of the currency correlations in the case of the Hungarian Forint and Czech Koruna (as a control variable) against the main FCL currencies like Euro, Swiss Franc and Japanese
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