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Local Networks and New Business Formation

open access: yesJournal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New business formation is a key driver of regional transformation and development. While we know that a region's attractiveness for new businesses depends on its resources, infrastructure, and human capital, we know little about the role of local business networks in promoting or impeding the birth of new firms.
Lena Füner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk-taking by Russian banks: Do location, ownership and size matter? [PDF]

open access: yes
The Russian banking sector has experienced enormous growth rates during the last 6-7 years. The rapid growth of assets has, however, contributed to a decrease in the capital adequacy ratio, thus influencing the ability of banks to cope with risk.
Fungacova, Zuzana, Solanko, Laura
core  

The Effects of Regulatory Office Closures on Bank Behavior

open access: yesJournal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate if the decentralized structure of regulatory office networks influences supervisory outcomes and bank behavior. Following the closure of an office, banks previously supervised by that office increase their lending and risk‐taking.
IVAN LIM, JENS HAGENDORFF, SETH ARMITAGE
wiley   +1 more source

Bank Opacity and Safe Asset Moneyness

open access: yesJournal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract A bank is more effective as a supplier of money‐like safe assets when (i) its return on equity (ROE) is relatively lower and (ii) it is relatively more opaque about its balance sheet. A model is presented to support this, emphasizing that safe asset investors focus on the left tail of the collateral value distribution.
SANG RAE KIM
wiley   +1 more source

Banks of a Feather: The Informational Advantage of Being Alike

open access: yesJournal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract Banks lend more to banks that are similar to them. Using data from the German credit register and proprietary supervisory data on the quality of banks' loan portfolio, we show that a similar portfolio of the lending and borrowing bank helps to overcome information asymmetries in interbank markets.
PETER BEDNAREK   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft and Hard Strategies: The Role of Business in the Crafting of International Commercial Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Part I returns to the classic definition of hard international law initially put forward by Kenneth Abbott and Duncan Snidal and related IR scholars and analyzes existing commercial law treaties in light of this definition.
Susan Block-Lieb
core   +1 more source

Understanding UK Productivity Using a Macroeconomic Lens

open access: yesJournal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We survey UK labor productivity over the long run, comparing it with other advanced economies, and focus on the sharp slowdown since the global financial crisis. Using a growth accounting framework, we highlight the primary role of total factor productivity (TFP), while noting that the contribution of capital shallowing is influenced by ...
Jagjit S. Chadha, Issam Samiri
wiley   +1 more source

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