TY  - BOOK
AU  - Impavido,Gregorio
AU  - Musalem,Alberto R.
AU  - Tressel,Thierry
ED  - World Bank.
TI  - Contractual savings institutions and banks' stability and efficiency
T2  - Policy research working paper
AV  - HG3881.5.W57 P63 no. 2751
U1  - 320.6 s332.1/752 22
PY  - 2001///]
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - World Bank, Financial Sector Development Department
KW  - Banks and banking
KW  - Insurance stocks
KW  - Pension trusts
KW  - Risk management
KW  - Saving and investment
N1  - "December 2001."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-15); Also available in print
N2  - This paper argues that contractual savings (assets of pension funds and life insurance companies) contribute to the improvemnet of banks' efficiency, credit, and liquidity risk. The authors use bank level panel data across countries to assess the impact of contractual savings on bank efficiency and lending behavior. They concentrate on profitability measures and on transformation and credit risk indicators
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-2751
ER  -