Lev Ratnovski

International Monetary Fund

Economist

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European Central Bank, Financial Research Division

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1.

Liquidity and Transparency in Bank Risk Management

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Liquidity and Transparency in Bank Risk Management

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming, EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2013
Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund
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Banks, Liquidity Risk, Regulation, Transparency, Basel III

Liquidity and Transparency in Bank Risk Management

IMF Working Paper No. 13/16
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Feb 2013
Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund
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Banks, Basel III, Economic models, Liquidity, Risk management, Transparency, liquidity risk, regulation, transparency

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What is Shadow Banking?

IMF Working Paper No. 14/25
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 04 Feb 2015
Stijn Claessens and Lev Ratnovski
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and International Monetary Fund
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Why are Canadian Banks More Resilient?

IMF Working Paper No. 09/152
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Aug 2009
Lev Ratnovski and Rocco Huang
International Monetary Fund and Michigan State University - Department of Finance
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Bank regulations, Banking crisis, Banking sector, Canada, Commercial banks, Cross country analysis, Depositories, Economic models, Financial stability, Monetary policy

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The Dark Side of Bank Wholesale Funding

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The Dark Side of Bank Wholesale Funding

ECB Working Paper No. 1223, FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 09-3, European Banking Center Discussion Paper No. 2009-18S, CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2009-59S
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Jul 2010
Rocco Huang and Lev Ratnovski
Michigan State University - Department of Finance and International Monetary Fund
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Financial Crises, Liquidity Risk, Wholesale Funding, Regulation

The Dark Side of Bank Wholesale Funding

IMF Working Paper No. 10/170
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Feb 2011
Lev Ratnovski and Rocco Huang
International Monetary Fund and Michigan State University - Department of Finance
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Bank Liquidity Regulation and the Lender of Last Resort

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Sep 2007
Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund
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Liquidity, Bank regulation, Lender of last resort, Bailout, Transparency

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Capital Regulation and Tail Risk

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Capital Regulation and Tail Risk

24th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2011 Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2011
Enrico C. Perotti, Lev Ratnovski and Razvan Vlahu
University of Amsterdam - Finance Group, International Monetary Fund and De Nederlandsche Bank
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Banking, Capital Regulation, Risk-Taking, Tail Risk, Systemic Risk

Capital Regulation and Tail Risk

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 07 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2011
Enrico C. Perotti, Lev Ratnovski and Razvan Vlahu
University of Amsterdam - Finance Group, International Monetary Fund and De Nederlandsche Bank
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Banking, Capital Regulation, Risk-Taking, Tail Risk, Systemic Risk

Capital Regulation and Tail Risk

De Nederlandsche Bank Working Paper No. 307
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 31 Oct 2011
Enrico C. Perotti, Lev Ratnovski and Razvan Vlahu
University of Amsterdam - Finance Group, International Monetary Fund and De Nederlandsche Bank
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Banking, Capital regulation, Risk-taking, Tail risk, Systemic risk

Capital Regulation and Tail Risk

Paolo Baffi Centre Research Paper No. 2011-96
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 Jul 2011
Enrico C. Perotti, Lev Ratnovski and Razvan Vlahu
University of Amsterdam - Finance Group, International Monetary Fund and De Nederlandsche Bank
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Capital Regulation and Tail Risk

IMF Working Paper No. 11/188
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Aug 2011
Lev Ratnovski, Enrico C. Perotti and Razvan Vlahu
International Monetary Fund, University of Amsterdam - Finance Group and De Nederlandsche Bank
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Bank Lending in the Knowledge Economy

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Bank Lending in the Knowledge Economy

28th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 17 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2020
Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Dalida Kadyrzhanova, Camelia Minoiu and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, Georgia State University, Federal Reserve Board and International Monetary Fund
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corporate intangible assets, bank lending, commercial loans, real estate loans

Bank Lending in the Knowledge Economy

IMF Working Paper No. 17/234
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Dec 2017
Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Dalida Kadyrzhanova, Camelia Minoiu and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, Georgia State University, Federal Reserve Board and International Monetary Fund
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Intangible capital, bank lending, commercial loans, real estate loans, liquid assets, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy, Government Policy and Regulation

Bank Lending in the Knowledge Economy

FEDS Working Paper No. 2020-040
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 12 Jun 2020
Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Dalida Kadyrzhanova, Camelia Minoiu and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, Georgia State University, Federal Reserve Board and International Monetary Fund
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Bank Lending in the Knowledge Economy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12994
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 18 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2018
Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Dalida Kadyrzhanova, Lev Ratnovski and Camelia Minoiu
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, Georgia State University, International Monetary Fund and Federal Reserve Board
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bank lending, commercial loans, corporate intangible assets, real estate loans

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Shadow Banking: Economics and Policy

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Dec 2012
Stijn Claessens, Zoltan Pozsar, Lev Ratnovski and Manmohan Singh
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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shadow banking, securitization, collateral, systemic risk

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Bank Size, Capital, and Systemic Risk: Some International Evidence

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Oct 2014
Luc Laeven, Lev Ratnovski and Hui Tong
European Central Bank (ECB), International Monetary Fund and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Banking crisis; Bank performance; Bank fragility; Systemic risk; Financial regulation

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Banking and Trading

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Banking and Trading

Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2014
Arnoud W. A. Boot and Lev Ratnovski
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Business School and International Monetary Fund
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Banking and Trading

Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2012-85, Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2012-08
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 06 May 2013
Arnoud W. A. Boot and Lev Ratnovski
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Business School and International Monetary Fund
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banking, trading, capital regulation, scale, subsidiarization

Banking and Trading

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9148
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Sep 2012
Arnoud W. A. Boot and Lev Ratnovski
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Business School and International Monetary Fund
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banking, capital regulation, scale restrictions, trading

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Benefits and Costs of Bank Capital

IMF Staff Discussion Note No. SDN/16/04
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Sep 2016
Jihad C. Dagher, Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Luc Laeven, Lev Ratnovski and Hui Tong
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, European Central Bank (ECB), International Monetary Fund and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Banks, Capital Regulation, Crises

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Bank Size and Systemic Risk

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 May 2014
Luc Laeven, Lev Ratnovski and Hui Tong
European Central Bank (ECB), International Monetary Fund and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Public Financial Institutions in Developed Countries - Organization and Oversight

IMF Working Paper No. 07/227
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Oct 2007
Lev Ratnovski and Aditya Narain
International Monetary Fund and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Working Paper, Financial institutions, Developed countries, Bank regulations, Bank supervision, Public sector

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Global Liquidity and Drivers of Cross-Border Bank Flows

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Global Liquidity and Drivers of Cross-Border Bank Flows

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 May 2014 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2014
Eugenio Cerutti, Stijn Claessens and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and International Monetary Fund
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Global Liquidity, International Banking, Capital Flows

Global Liquidity and Drivers of Cross-Border Bank Flows

IMF Working Paper No. 14/69
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Jun 2014
Eugenio Cerutti, Stijn Claessens and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and International Monetary Fund
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International banking, Banks, Liquidity, Capital flows, Bank regulations, Bank supervision, Cross country analysis, Global Liquidity, Capital Flows., bank claims, bank borrowers, bank risk, capital regulation, banking statistics, financial markets, bank capital, global financial crisis, banking system, bank risk-taking, bank capital regulation, bank risk taking, bank for international settlements, globalization, banking sector, banking capital, capital adequacy, banking systems, financial intermediation, banking regulation, global financial markets, global financial system, global financial stability, international financial markets, capital requirement, financial integration, bank balance s

Global Liquidity and Drivers of Cross-Border Bank Flows

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10314
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Eugenio Cerutti, Stijn Claessens and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and International Monetary Fund
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Capital Flows, Global liquidity, International Banking

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Competition Policy for Modern Banks

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Competition Policy for Modern Banks

IMF Working Paper No. 13/126
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Jun 2013
Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund
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Banking, Banks, Competition, Risk management, competition, Competition Policy, Macroprudential Policy, Systemic Risk., competition policy, banking, bank competition, mergers, degree of competition, competitive advantage, higher concentration, bank stability, regulatory standards, banking services, bank business, bank mergers, net interest margin, competition policies, bank incentives, bank risk, competition authority, optimal degree of competition, competition authorities, bank risk-taking, banking system, banking business, bank market, barrier to entry, investment banking, bank regulation, merger, imperfect competition, market competition, market concentration, bank assets, bank distress

Competition Policy for Modern Banks

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 May 2013
Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund
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Banks, Competition Policy, Risk Taking

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Externalities and Macroprudential Policy

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Externalities and Macroprudential Policy

IMF Working Paper No. SDN/12/05
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 13 Jun 2012
Gianni De Nicolo, Giovanni Favara and Lev Ratnovski
Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, HEC University of Lausanne and International Monetary Fund
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Externalities, systemic risk, macroprudential policy

Externalities and Macroprudential Policy

Journal of Financial Perspectives, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2014
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Nov 2017
Gianni De Nicolo, Giovanni Favara and Lev Ratnovski
Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, Federal Reserve Board and International Monetary Fund
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Franchise Value and Risk-Taking in Modern Banks

De Nederlandsche Bank Working Paper No. 430
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Jul 2014
Natalya Martynova, Lev Ratnovski and Razvan Vlahu
De Nederlandsche Bank - Research Department, International Monetary Fund and De Nederlandsche Bank
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Banks, Risk-taking, Franchise value, Bank capital, Repo markets, Crises

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Bank Profitability and Risk-Taking

IMF Working Paper No. 15/249
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Natalya Martynova, Lev Ratnovski and Razvan Vlahu
De Nederlandsche Bank - Research Department, International Monetary Fund and De Nederlandsche Bank
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Risk-Taking, Repo Markets, Crises, bank, risk, bank risk, capital, Government Policy and Regulation, Crises.,

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Bailouts and Systemic Insurance

IMF Working Paper No. 13/233
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Dec 2013
Giovanni Dell'Ariccia and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund
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Banking crisis, Financial intermediation, Moral hazard, Banking systems, Risk management, Economic models, Bailouts, banking crises, systemic risk, contagion, bank resolution, bank risk, bank risk taking, bank monitoring, bank incentives, bank failure, bank capital, deposit insurance, bank regulation, capital regulation, recession, bank profits, bank funding, bank failures, bankrupt, financial crises, bank risks, bank investment, credit booms, bank research, bank risk-taking, interbank market, bank bailouts, bank closure, bank shareholders, financial contagion, crisis management, resolution of banking crises, bank for international settlements, bank owners, bank portfolio

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The Dynamics of Non-Performing Loans During Banking Crises: A New Database

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The Dynamics of Non-Performing Loans During Banking Crises: A New Database

IMF Working Paper No. 19/272
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Jan 2020
Anil Ari, Sophia Chen and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund
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Financial crises, Financial soundness indicators, Exchange rate policy, Banking crisis, Balance of payments, non-performing loans, debt, banking crises, recessions, crisis resolution, WP, NPL, post-crisis, pre-crisis, bank crisis, GFC

The Dynamics of Non-Performing Loans During Banking Crises: A New Database

ECB Working Paper No. 2395
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Apr 2020
Anil Ari, Sophia Chen and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund
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banking crises, crisis resolution, debt, non-performing loans, recessions

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Commodity Prices and Inflation Expectations in the United States

IMF Working Paper No. 12/89
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 May 2012
Oya Celasun, Roxana Mihet and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, New York University (NYU), Department of Economics, Students and International Monetary Fund
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Commodity prices, Agricultural prices, External shocks, Oil prices, Price increases, inflation, monetary policy, inflation rate, aggregate demand, treasury bonds, post-crisis period, nominal interest rates, price inflation, monetary fund, monetary economics

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Banking and Trading

IMF Working Paper No. 12/238
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Nov 2012
Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund
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Bank regulations, Banking, Capital, Commercial banks, Investment, Resource allocation, Bank regulation, proprietary trading, relationship banking, Volcker rule

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Credit and Fiscal Multipliers in China

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Credit and Fiscal Multipliers in China

BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 5/2019
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Mar 2019
Sophia Chen, Lev Ratnovski and Pi-Han Tsai
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund and Zhejiang University - College of Economics
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credit growth, fiscal stimulus, China, macroprudential policy, multipliers

Credit and Fiscal Multipliers in China

IMF Working Paper No. 17/273
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Jan 2018
Sophia Chen, Lev Ratnovski and Pi-Han Tsai
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund and Zhejiang University - College of Economics
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Asia and Pacific, China, Macroprudential Policy, Fiscal stimulus, Credit Growth, Multipliers, Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary or Stabilization Policy, General, Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity

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Bank Profitability, Leverage Constraints, and Risk-Taking

Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper No. 21/2019
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Apr 2019
Natalya Martynova, Lev Ratnovski and Razvan Vlahu
Deutsche Bundesbank - Research Centre, International Monetary Fund and De Nederlandsche Bank
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Banks, Risk-Taking, Leverage, Funding Structure, Crises

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Monetary Policy and Intangible Investment

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2020
Robin Döttling and Lev Ratnovski
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and International Monetary Fund
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Intangible Investment, Monetary Policy, Stock Returns, Heterogeneity

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Benefits and Costs of Corporate Debt Restructuring: An Estimation for Korea

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Dec 2016
Jae Chung and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund
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Corporate Debt, Stress-Tests, Debt Restructuring, Korea

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The Effects of Higher Bank Capital Requirements on Credit in Peru

IMF Working Paper No. 18/222
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Nov 2018
Xiang Fang, David Jutrsa, Maria Soledad Martinez Peria, Andrea Presbitero, Felix Várdy and Lev Ratnovski
The University of Hong Kong, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and International Monetary Fund
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Bank credit, Peru, Capital requirements, Western Hemisphere, bank regulation, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy, Government Policy and Regulation

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COVID-19 and Non-Performing Loans: Lessons from past Crises

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Anil Ari, Sophia Chen and Lev Ratnovski
International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund
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COVID-19, Debt Overhang, Non-Performing Loans; Crisis; Resolution

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Bank Lending in the Knowledge Economy

ECB Working Paper No. 20202429
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 26 Jun 2020
Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Camelia Minoiu, Lev Ratnovski and Dalida Kadyrzhanova
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Board, International Monetary Fund and Georgia State University
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bank lending, commercial loans, corporate intangible capital, real estate loans