Essays about: "THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND"

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1. 1. Loan Loss Provisions and Lending Activity in Banks : A quantitative study comparing the effects of loan loss provisions on lending activity in banks applying IFRS 9 and ASC 326

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Rikard Fredmer; Alicia Julienne Zanic; [2023]
   Keywords : Agency Theory; ASC 326; Basel III; Earnings Management; Expected Credit Loss es ; Expected Credit Loss Model; FASB; IASB; IFRS; IFRS 9; Lending Activity; Loan Loss Allowance s ; Loan Loss Provision s ; New Loans Originated; Procyclicality; Signaling Theory; Stewardship Theory; US GAAP;

   Abstract : As a response to the financial crisis of 2008 the IASB and the FASB developed IFRS 9 and ASC 326, respectively. These accounting regulations are supposed to increase reporting transparency and promote financial stability by determining the calculation and recognition of loan loss provisions. READ MORE

3. 2. Confounder Parsing for Text Matching

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

   Author : Jannes Reichl; Johan Rönkkö; [2021-07-06]
   Keywords : Text matching; confounder parsing; causal inference; covariate balance; International Monetary Fund; policy evaluation;

   Abstract : In observational studies for policy evaluation, matching is used in service of causal inference to simulate randomization and thus reduce selection bias that might occur when treatment assignment differs systematically. This is done by balancing the distribution of confounding covariates measured before treatments. READ MORE

4. 3. Dynamics of net primary production and food availability in the aftermath of the 2004 and 2007 desert locust outbreaks in Niger and Yemen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Emma Bylund; [2021]
   Keywords : geography; GIS; desert locust outbreak; NPP; food availability; livelihood zones; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The knowledge of desert locust plagues goes back to biblical times but it is just as relevant in 2020 with an ongoing outbreak in East Africa and the Middle East. The locusts pose a threat to agriculture, and by extent food availability, due to their high appetite, diverse diet and ability to migrate long distances in large swarms. READ MORE

5. 4. Is Free Trade Good for Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Stefania Galli; [2014-12-12]
   Keywords : trade; trade liberalization; trade openness; trade policy; growth rate; Sub-Saharan Africa; development; economic growth; development economics; Structural Adjustment Programmes; liberalization; reforms;

   Abstract : The debate over the determinants of growth has occupied scholars for decades. Among them, trade regime has gradually emerged, receiving a large consensus among academics. READ MORE

6. 5. Reassessing the Use of Aggregate Prudential Ratios to Identify Banking System Problems

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : James Armstrong; Florian Hemmerlein; [2012]
   Keywords : Financial Soundness Indicators; Macroprudential Analysis; Banking Crises; Financial Fragility;

   Abstract : Building on an early warning baseline model, this paper analyzes the application of macroprudential banking ratios for an economy's five largest financial institutions, constructed from balance-sheet data, on the probability of systemic banking crises occurring relative to the sector-wide aggregates that are commonly used by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other authorities. The investigation is motivated by the observation that the distribution of bank assets is highly asymmetric in advanced economies, the fact that an economy's largest banks are often implicated in systemic banking crises, as well as theory and empirical evidence demonstrating the large impact of shocks originating at large banks. READ MORE