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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Auteur principal: Igan, Deniz
Autres auteurs: Pinheiro, Marcelo
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/278
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF

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