In this paper we argue that the delay in the government bailout of the financial sector played a key role in Japan’s slowdown during the 1990s and early 2000s. We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model in which the government provides deposit insurance to the financial sector. The model has the following property: the existence of non-performing loans, combined with a delay in the govern...

This paper considers a panel of 80 countries across all continents, over the period 1999–2019, and uses generalized method moments system estimations with data from World Bank Global Financial Development database, to explain evolution bank non-performing-loans-to-total-loans ratio. The results obtained provide clear evidence that banks high profitability, benefiting market stability located in...

Purpose Non-performing loans (NPLs) may determine an overall weakness of the banking system within a country. The purpose present study is to analyze impact government failures on NPLs in Asian countries time span 2000–2020. variables employed as proxies are public debt % gross domestic product (GDP) and ineffectiveness index proposed by World Bank. Design/methodology/approach econometric appro...