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Cover IMF Working Papers
Can Good Governance Lower Financial Intermediation Costs?
Mariusz Jarmuzek
and
Mr. Tonny Lybek
This paper argues that better governance practices can reduce the costs, risks and uncertainty of financial intermediation. Our sample covers high-, middle- and low-income countries before and after the global financial crisis (GFC). We find that net interest margins of banks are lower if various governance indicators are better. More cross-border lending also appears conducive to lower intermediation costs, while the level of capital market development is not significant. The GFC seems not to have had a strong impact except via credit risk. Finally, we estimate the size of potential gains from improved governance.
Keywords:
WP; intermediation cost; bank-dealership model; bank characteristic; banks capital; transaction size; financial intermediation costs; governance; corruption; bank-dealership framework; Credit risk; Global financial crisis of 2008-2009; Capital markets; Competition; Inflation; Global
Cover International Capital Markets
International Capital Markets
Developments and Prospects, 1983
Mr. John Lipsky
,
Mr. Peter M Keller
,
Mr. Donald J Mathieson
, and
Mr. Richard N. Williams

Abstract

This paper provides a description and analysis of recent developments in international capital (banking and bond) markets and an assessment of market conditions and prospects for financing flows, in particular

Keywords:
OP; bank; lending; credit institution; establishment; holding company; parent authority; bank lending; host Member State; parent bank; Foreign banks; Bank credit; Bonds; International bonds; International capital markets; Western Hemisphere; Africa; Middle East; Eastern Europe; Global; bank supervisor; U.S. dollar; bank claim; bank management; bank capital; financing flow; Caribbean
Cover International Capital Markets
International Capital Markets
Developments and Prospects, 1982
International Monetary Fund

Abstract

This paper provides a review of developments and prospects in the international capital markets, including official actions affecting the markets and the role of the markets in intermediation between surplus and deficit countries, in particular the non-oil developing countries.

Keywords:
OP; bank; lending; market; dollar; Eurobond; bank claim; bank assets; bank lending; capital position; market finance; bank liability; Foreign banks; Bank credit; Bonds; International capital markets; International bonds; Eastern Europe; Middle East; Africa; Europe; Western Hemisphere; bank debt; Global; Caribbean
Cover International Capital Markets
International Capital Markets
Recent Develpments and Short-Term Prospects, 1981
International Monetary Fund

Abstract

This paper provides a review of recent developments and an assessment of short-term prospects for private international capital markets, which constitute one of the main sources of international capital flows.

Keywords:
OP; market; bank; developing country; lending; SDR; parent authority; rate note; oil developing countries; bank assets; developing country borrower; Foreign banks; Bank credit; International capital markets; Capital markets; Credit; Global; Africa; Middle East; Europe; Eastern Europe; bank intermediation; bank supervisor; borrower need
Cover IMF Staff Papers
IMF Staff papers: Volume 14 No. 1
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
This paper reviews developments in the flow of private capital during 1957–1965 within the limitations of the basic data. This paper is divided into five sections. The paper examines the statistics on a broad global basis to gauge the rough magnitude of flows between the industrial and nonindustrial countries, analysed between long-term and short-term capital. The published figures show a net inflow of short-term capital to the nonindustrial countries over the two four-year periods, but the large negative net errors and omissions item for these countries suggests that some capital outflows have passed unidentified. The pattern of growth in direct investment from the first to the second four-year period suggests a decrease in the flow to the nonindustrial countries as a group. Despite the change in direct investment in nonindustrial countries shown by the aggregate figures, all the areas, except Latin America, registered appreciably greater direct investment receipts in the second than in the first four-year period.
Keywords:
SP; net wealth tax; money holding; low rate; investment needs; fixed investment; Wealth tax; Wages; Income and capital gains taxes; Personal income; Income tax systems; Europe; Western Europe; Middle East; Africa; East Africa