Sowing the seeds for rural finance: The impact of support services for credit...
Low and volatile agricultural incomes, poor connectivity, low population density and limited information are just a few reasons that have kept commercial banks away of rural areas in developing...
View ArticleBank capital regulation
This blog focuses on the third chapter of the (recently launched) Global Financial Development Report 2019/2020 focuses on bank capital regulation.
View ArticleBehind every loan approval, there stands great information about a client
Banks may underinvest in expanding credit to underserved borrowers, as doing so entails a private cost but produces a public good. This underinvestment may justify subsidies to private sector efforts...
View ArticleWho wins when banks distribute government loans? Funding small businesses in...
Banks appear to compensate for the limited expected revenue from earmarked loans by increasing their interest rates in other free-market loans that recipient firms take.
View ArticleA banking sector pandemic
The spread of COVID-19 represents an unpresented global shock, with the disease itself and mitigation efforts—such as social distancing measures and partial and national lockdown measures—having a...
View ArticleIn the job market with a Macro-Finance paper? Blog about it on the All About...
A call for PhD students working on the field of Macro-Finance that are in the job market this year to write a blog post, on All About Finance, describing their paper.
View ArticleInside the black box of sub-national debt limits: The case of Mexico
Fiscal discipline is again in the spotlight as countries debate how to best respond to the current COVID-19 crisis. Throughout the pandemic, many governments have relied on debt to support households...
View ArticleIn the job market with a Macro-Finance paper? Blog about it on the All About...
This blog is calling for Macro-Finance papers.
View ArticleIn the job market with a Macro-Finance paper? Blog about it on the All About...
All About Finance is inviting PhD students working in the field of Macro-Finance that are in the job market this year to write a blog post describing their paper.
View ArticleClimate Change Regulations: Bank Lending and Real Effects
The sharp contraction in the credit supply of large banks, is partially offset by banks not subject to the ICAAP exercise but at the cost of increased exposure to environmentally exposed sectors
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