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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Auteur principal: Cosimano, Thomas
Autres auteurs: Barajas, Adolfo, Chami, Ralph
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/038
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF