01736cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005350 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451870770 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Igan, Deniz. Are Weak Banks Leading Credit Booms? : Evidence from Emerging Europe / Deniz Igan, Natalia Tamirisa. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (21 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper examines the behavior of bank soundness indicators during episodes of brisk loan growth, using bank-level data for central and eastern Europe and controlling for the feedback effect of credit growth on bank soundness. No evidence is found that rapid loan expansion has weakened banks during the last decade, but over time weaker banks seem to have started to expand at least as fast as, and in some markets faster than, stronger banks. These findings suggest that during credit booms supervisors need to carefully monitor the soundness of rapidly expanding banks and stand ready to take action to limit the expansion of weak banks. Mode of access: Internet Tamirisa, Natalia. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/219 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/219/001.2008.issue-219-en.xml IMF e-Library