Did the Basel Accord Cause a Credit Slowdown in Latin America? /

Drawing from a unique data set comprising 2,893 banks and 152 countries over the period 1987 to 2000, we test whether the adoption of the Basel Accord by Latin American and Caribbean countries was responsible for the serious slowdowns in credit growth experienced by these countries. We find that, on...

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Autor principal: Cosimano, Thomas
Otros Autores: Barajas, Adolfo, Chami, Ralph
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/038
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF