Banking on the Principles : Compliance with Basel Core Principles and Bank Soundness

This paper studies whether compliance with the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision (BCP) improves bank soundness. BCP compliance assessments provide a unique source of information about the quality of bank supervision and regulation around the world. The authors find a significan...

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Main Authors: Demirgüç-Kunt, Aslı, Detragiache, Enrica, Tressel, Thierry
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6877442/banking-principles-compliance-basel-core-principles-bank-soundness
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8405