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| Title: | Risk Taking by Banks in the Transition Countries |
| Authors: | Wachtel, Paul
Haselmann, Rainer |
| Issue Date: | 8-May-2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | EC-07-18 |
| Abstract: | Although the performance and privatization of transition banks have been
widely studied already, little is known about their risk taking and risk
management activities. We use a new EBRD survey data set of banks to
examine risk taking by banks in the transition countries. We find no
indication of excessive risk taking by specific ownership or size
categories of banks. Also, we find no connections between risk taking
and the quality of the institutional environment although an unsound
environment is associated with higher levels of capital. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/26048 |
| Appears in Collections: | Economics Working Papers
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