Are Weak Banks Leading Credit Booms? : Evidence from Emerging Europe /

This paper examines the behavior of bank soundness indicators during episodes of brisk loan growth, using bank-level data for central and eastern Europe and controlling for the feedback effect of credit growth on bank soundness. No evidence is found that rapid loan expansion has weakened banks durin...

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Auteur principal: Igan, Deniz
Autres auteurs: Tamirisa, Natalia
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/219
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF