Does Going Tough on Banks Make the Going Get Tough? : Bank Liquidity Regulations, Capital Requirements, and Sectoral Activity /

Whether and to what extent tougher bank regulation weighs on economic growth is an open empirical question. Using data from 28 manufacturing industries in 50 countries, we explore the extent to which cross-country differences in bank liquidity and capital levels were related to differences in sector...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Igan, Deniz
Other Authors: Mirzaei, Ali
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/103
Online Access:Full text available on IMF