Banking Fragility and Disclosure: International Evidence

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University Of South Carolina
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University of South Carolina

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Overview: Motivated by recent public policy debates on the role of market discipline in banking stability, this paper examines the impact of greater bank disclosure in mitigating the likelihood of systemic banking crisis. In a cross sectional study of banking systems across 49 countries in the 90s, it finds that banking crises are less likely in countries with financial reporting regimes characterized by comprehensive disclosure, informative disclosure, timely disclosure and more stringent auditing.

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Format: PDF | Size: 223KB | Date: Feb 2005 | Pages: 31

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