Credit Growth and Bank Soundness : Fast and Furious? /

We examine the risks to bank soundness associated with credit booms in a large set of countries. Using bank-level data in 90 countries between 1995 and 2005, we analyze the relationship between credit growth and bank soundness taking into account the potential two-way causality. We find that, while...

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1. Verfasser: Igan, Deniz
Weitere Verfasser: Pinheiro, Marcelo
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/278
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF