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Financial Liberalisation in Emerging Markets: How Does Bank Lending Change?

Financial liberalisation has often failed in the past due to underestimated problems of structural change. We analyse such changes in lending behaviour of Thai commercial banks during a liberalisation phase by way of unique micro data. Liberalisation has expected positive effects, such as lowering the interest rate spread and collateral requirements. Liberalisation causes structural change, such as a decline in collateralbased and relationship banking. However, the liberalisation evidence is consistent with more risk taking, such as lending to more risky projects and less protection against default. The Thai experience suggests obvious policy lessons.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Diskussionsbeitrag ; No. 364

Classification
Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
International Finance: General
Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
Subject
financial liberalisation
lending decisions
emerging economies
Thailand

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Hübler, Olaf
Menkhoff, Lukas
Suwanaporn, Chodechai
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
(where)
Hannover
(when)
2007

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Hübler, Olaf
  • Menkhoff, Lukas
  • Suwanaporn, Chodechai
  • Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Time of origin

  • 2007

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