Bank ownership and lending patterns during the 2008-2009 financial crisis : evidence from Latin America and Eastern Europe (English)

This paper examines the impact of bank ownership on credit growth in developing countries before and during the 2008-2009 crisis. Using bank-level data for countries in Eastern Europe and Latin America, it analyzes the growth of banks' total gross loans as well as the growth of corporate, consumer, and residential mortgage loans. Although domestic private banks in Eastern Europe and Latin America contracted their loan growth rates during the crisis...

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Cull,Robert J.;

Martinez Peria,Maria Soledad;
Document Date
2012/09/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6195
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America, Europe,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2012/09/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Bank ownership and lending patterns during the 2008-2009 financial crisis : evidence from Latin America and Eastern Europe
Keywords
Finance & Private Sector Development

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Cull,Robert J.; Martinez Peria,Maria Soledad.

Bank ownership and lending patterns during the 2008-2009 financial crisis : evidence from Latin America and Eastern Europe (English). Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)|Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6195 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/413481468034749415

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