Lebanon-Determinants of Commercial Bank Deposits in a Regional Financial Center /

This paper empirically examines the demand for commercial bank deposits in Lebanon, a regional financial center. With Lebanon's high fiscal deficits financed largely by domestic commercial banks that rely on deposit funding, deposit growth is a key variable to assess government financing condit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finger, Harald
Other Authors: Hesse, Heiko
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/195
Online Access:Full text available on IMF