Bank Supervision and Corporate Finance

The authors examine the impact of bank supervision on the financing obstacles faced by almost 5,000 corporations across 49 countries. They find that firms in countries with strong official supervisory agencies that directly monitor banks tend to fa...

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Main Authors: Beck, Thorsten, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Levine, Ross
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2340134/bank-supervision-corporate-finance
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spelling okr-10986-182092021-04-23T14:03:41Z Bank Supervision and Corporate Finance Beck, Thorsten Demirguc-Kunt, Asli Levine, Ross ACCOUNTING ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL AUTHORITY BANK ASSETS BANK DEPOSITS BANK LIABILITIES BANK MANAGEMENT BANK SUPERVISION BANKING CRISES BANKING CRISIS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKS CAPITAL ALLOCATION CAPITALIZATION COMPETITIVENESS CORPORATE CONTROL CORPORATE FINANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION DEBT DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EXTERNAL AUDITORS FAVORITISM FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PLANNING FINANCING CONSTRAINTS FOREIGN ENTITIES FOREIGN OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP INFLATION INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES LAWS LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET DISCIPLINE MORAL HAZARD POLITICAL CONTROL POLITICIANS PREDICTIONS PUBLIC POLICY RESERVE REQUIREMENT SAVINGS SECURITIES SENSITIVITY ANALYSES SHAREHOLDERS SOCIAL WELFARE STATE OWNERSHIP SUBORDINATED DEBT SUPERVISORY AGENCIES SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES TRANSACTION COSTS VETO BANKING SYSTEMS BANK SUPERVISION CORPORATE FINANCE BANKING REGULATION MONITORING CRITERIA FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FINANCING OPTIONS EXTERNAL FINANCE POLICY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORK BANKING SYSTEMS The authors examine the impact of bank supervision on the financing obstacles faced by almost 5,000 corporations across 49 countries. They find that firms in countries with strong official supervisory agencies that directly monitor banks tend to face greater financing obstacles. Moreover, powerful official supervision tends to increase firm reliance on special connections and corruption in raising external finance, which is consistent with political and regulatory capture theories. Creating a supervisory agency that is independent of the government and banks mitigates the adverse consequences of powerful supervision. Finally, the authors find that bank supervisory agencies that force accurate information disclosure by banks and enhance private monitoring tend to ease the financing obstacles faced by firms. 2014-05-09T18:23:17Z 2014-05-09T18:23:17Z 2003-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2340134/bank-supervision-corporate-finance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18209 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3042 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ACCOUNTING
ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL
AUTHORITY
BANK ASSETS
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK LIABILITIES
BANK MANAGEMENT
BANK SUPERVISION
BANKING CRISES
BANKING CRISIS
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKS
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
CAPITALIZATION
COMPETITIVENESS
CORPORATE CONTROL
CORPORATE FINANCE
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPTION
DEBT
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DEPOSITORS
DEPOSITS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
EXTERNAL AUDITORS
FAVORITISM
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL PLANNING
FINANCING CONSTRAINTS
FOREIGN ENTITIES
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
INFLATION
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES
LAWS
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET DISCIPLINE
MORAL HAZARD
POLITICAL CONTROL
POLITICIANS
PREDICTIONS
PUBLIC POLICY
RESERVE REQUIREMENT
SAVINGS
SECURITIES
SENSITIVITY ANALYSES
SHAREHOLDERS
SOCIAL WELFARE
STATE OWNERSHIP
SUBORDINATED DEBT
SUPERVISORY AGENCIES
SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES
TRANSACTION COSTS
VETO BANKING SYSTEMS
BANK SUPERVISION
CORPORATE FINANCE
BANKING REGULATION
MONITORING CRITERIA
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
FINANCING OPTIONS
EXTERNAL FINANCE
POLICY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
BANKING SYSTEMS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL
AUTHORITY
BANK ASSETS
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK LIABILITIES
BANK MANAGEMENT
BANK SUPERVISION
BANKING CRISES
BANKING CRISIS
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKS
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
CAPITALIZATION
COMPETITIVENESS
CORPORATE CONTROL
CORPORATE FINANCE
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPTION
DEBT
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DEPOSITORS
DEPOSITS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
EXTERNAL AUDITORS
FAVORITISM
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL PLANNING
FINANCING CONSTRAINTS
FOREIGN ENTITIES
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
INFLATION
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES
LAWS
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET DISCIPLINE
MORAL HAZARD
POLITICAL CONTROL
POLITICIANS
PREDICTIONS
PUBLIC POLICY
RESERVE REQUIREMENT
SAVINGS
SECURITIES
SENSITIVITY ANALYSES
SHAREHOLDERS
SOCIAL WELFARE
STATE OWNERSHIP
SUBORDINATED DEBT
SUPERVISORY AGENCIES
SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES
TRANSACTION COSTS
VETO BANKING SYSTEMS
BANK SUPERVISION
CORPORATE FINANCE
BANKING REGULATION
MONITORING CRITERIA
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
FINANCING OPTIONS
EXTERNAL FINANCE
POLICY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
BANKING SYSTEMS
Beck, Thorsten
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Levine, Ross
Bank Supervision and Corporate Finance
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3042
description The authors examine the impact of bank supervision on the financing obstacles faced by almost 5,000 corporations across 49 countries. They find that firms in countries with strong official supervisory agencies that directly monitor banks tend to face greater financing obstacles. Moreover, powerful official supervision tends to increase firm reliance on special connections and corruption in raising external finance, which is consistent with political and regulatory capture theories. Creating a supervisory agency that is independent of the government and banks mitigates the adverse consequences of powerful supervision. Finally, the authors find that bank supervisory agencies that force accurate information disclosure by banks and enhance private monitoring tend to ease the financing obstacles faced by firms.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Beck, Thorsten
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Levine, Ross
author_facet Beck, Thorsten
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Levine, Ross
author_sort Beck, Thorsten
title Bank Supervision and Corporate Finance
title_short Bank Supervision and Corporate Finance
title_full Bank Supervision and Corporate Finance
title_fullStr Bank Supervision and Corporate Finance
title_full_unstemmed Bank Supervision and Corporate Finance
title_sort bank supervision and corporate finance
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2340134/bank-supervision-corporate-finance
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18209
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