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Luc Laeven
Researcher at European Central Bank
Publications - 360
Citations - 40776
Luc Laeven is an academic researcher from European Central Bank. The author has contributed to research in topics: Financial crisis & Deposit insurance. The author has an hindex of 93, co-authored 355 publications receiving 36916 citations. Previous affiliations of Luc Laeven include World Bank & Center for Economic and Policy Research.
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Bank governance, regulation and risk taking
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conduct an empirical assessment of theories concerning risk taking by banks, their ownership structures, and national bank regulations, and show that bank risk taking varies positively with the comparative power of shareholders within the corporate governance structure of each bank.
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Systemic Banking Crises: A New Database
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a new database on the timing of systemic banking crises and policy responses to resolve them, with detailed data on crisis containment and resolution policies for 42 crisis episodes, including currency crises and sovereign debt crises.
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Entry regulation as a barrier to entrepreneurship
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study the effect of market entry regulations on the creation of new limited-liability firms, the average size of entrants, and the growth of incumbent firms.
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What drives bank competition? some international evidence
Stijn Claessens,Luc Laeven +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply the Panzar and Rosse (1987) methodology to estimate the extent to which changes in input prices are reflected in revenues earned by specific banks in 50 countries' banking systems.
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Political Connections and Preferential Access to Finance: Role of Campaign Contributions
TL;DR: The authors found that companies that provided contributions to elected federal deputies experienced higher stock returns than firms that did not around the 1998 and 2002 elections, indicating that access to bank finance is an important channel through which political connections operate.