Somnath Chatterjee of Bank of England on how Indian govt implicitly insures six major Indian banks: The paper studies the effects of the implicit government guarantee on a sample of six major Indian banks and derives estimates of default risk implicitly ‘insured’ by the government. This is obtained by comparing two measures of default risk…

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16.07.2025

Trading with dictators? A historical review of the EU’s business partners | Mostly Economics

Claudia Marchini and Alexander Popov on ECB blog ask the interesting question: Do democratic values play a role in trade? Do democratic values play a role in trade? While the weakening of democratic norms around the globe has sparked renewed interest in this question, economic theory and historical examples do not provide a definitive answer.…

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16.07.2025

Banks’ interconnections with non-bank financial intermediaries | Mostly Economics

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has released a report on Bank-NBFI interconnections: The NBFI sector continues to grow and evolve in ways that could present risks and vulnerabilities to the global banking system. Banks are connected to NBFIs through a wide range of direct and indirect activities and services. The report describes these linkages and…

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16.07.2025

Corporate Investments in India: Lack of Investment Opportunity or Lack of Funds? | Mostly Economics

Amiyatosh Purnanandam and Arushi Sharma discuss what hinders corporate investments in India: This study investigates the key drivers of corporate investment in India. Specifically, we analyze the relative importance of investment opportunities available to firms, measured by Tobin’s Q, and financial constraints they face in capitalizing on these opportunities. We show that capital expenditure responds…

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The implicit subsidy to the Indian banking system | Mostly Economics

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