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Dynamic provisioning: Some lessons from existing experiences

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  • Santiago Fernández de Lis
  • Alicia Garcia-Herrero

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After analyzing the different reasons why the financial system and also the regulatory framework induced procyclicality, this paper reviews the experiences of three countries which have introduced dynamic provisioning as a regulatory tool to limit procyclicality. The case of Spain the country with the longest experience is reviewed as well as those of Colombia having recently adopted dynamic provisioning. A number of policy lessons are drawn from that comparison.

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Paper provided by BBVA Bank, Economic Research Department in its series Working Papers with number 1014.

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Length: 36 pages
Date of creation: May 2010
Handle: RePEc:bbv:wpaper:1014
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Keywords: Financial Stability; banking regulation; dynamic provisioning; Spain; Peru;

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  • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
  • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
  • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
  • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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  1. Lepetit, Laetitia & Nys, Emmanuelle & Rous, Philippe & Tarazi, Amine, 2008. "The expansion of services in European banking: Implications for loan pricing and interest margins," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 32(11), pages 2325-2335, November.
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Cited by:

  1. Morgan, Peter J. & Lamberte , Mario, 2012. "Strengthening Financial Infrastructure," ADBI Working Papers 345, Asian Development Bank Institute.
  2. Ren, Haocong, 2011. "Countercyclical financial regulation," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5823, The World Bank.
  3. Małgorzata Karaś, 2013. "FFR Level in the Period 2000-2007 and the Emergence of the Asset Price Bubble on the US Real Estate Market," Ekonomia journal, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, vol. 33.
  4. International Monetary Fund, 2011. "Chile: Selected Issues," IMF Staff Country Reports 11/262, International Monetary Fund.
  5. Malgorzata Olszak, 2012. "Macroprudential policy - aim, instruments and institutional architecture (Polityka ostroznosciowa w ujêciu makro - cel, instrumenty i architektura instytucjonalna)," Problemy Zarzadzania, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, vol. 10(39), pages 7-32.

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