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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2012/09/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS6195
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2012/09/01
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Disclosed
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Bank ownership and lending patterns during the 2008-2009 financial crisis : evidence from Latin America and Eastern Europe
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Finance & Private Sector Development