Three essays on the relationship between the banking sector, the real sector, and the political environment

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woocheon Jeong
2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-119
Author(s):  
Lina Khatib

If there is one element of the politics of Iranian cinema that is understudied,it is that of the relationship between Iranian films and the Iranian film audience.Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad’s book, The Politics of Iranian Cinema: Filmand Society in the Islamic Republic, fills this glaring gap by providing aunique insight into how Iranian films are received in Iran; what political andsocial debates they spark; and how they form part of a larger nexus of powernegotiations between the state, artists, and film viewers. The book takes anexpansive approach to “politics,” not favoring hard politics over soft politics or vice versa, but showing how the two go hand in hand in defining the filmmakingprocess in Iran.The book’s uniqueness lies in its reliance on participant observation, inaddition to interviews, as one method of studying the Iranian film audience.Through this, the reader gets a sense of people’s reactions to the films discussed.Zeydabadi-Nejad often reproduces sections of conversation amongfilm viewers that bring to life his statements about the films’ relationshipwith the political environment. The cynicism expressed by a group of youngpeople after watching Bahman Farmanara’s 2001 film House on the Water(p. 86), for example, serves as a sharp illustration of the disillusionment withstate ideology among the urban middle class — an issue covered elsewherein the literature on Iranian cinema, but usually presented in generalized termsrather than through the prism of individual reactions found here ...


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3 - Sup2) ◽  
pp. 189-205
Author(s):  
César Guzmán-Concha ◽  
Rossella Ciccia

Latin America witnessed a resurgence of protests during the 1990s and early 2000s. Citizens took to the streets to protest against the liberalization of public services and rising levels of inequalities and poverty. This situation partly changed in the decade of the 2000s when the region experienced a period of sustained social policy expansion intended to extend protections to formerly excluded groups. Did popular mobilization have an influence on the turn toward universalism in Latin American social policy? This paper explores this question by looking at the relationship between protest, the strength of the Left and the adoption of expansive reforms in healthcare, conditional cash transfers and noncontributory pensions. The findings bring support to the idea that protest is a relevant aspect of the politics of social policy reform, although its effects are both sensitive to other characteristics of the political environment and the particular policy dimension considered. 


2018 ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
Dmytro Malysh

Introduction. Financial sector plays an important role in the financing of business entities in the real economy sector. A possibility of rising funds through the stock or banking sector enables substantially to expand the scope of enterprises. However, the presence of permanent financial crises does not allow companies to use these opportunities in full. Therefore, the assessment of state and trends of the stock and banking sectors in the context of the use of their funds to finance companies in the real sector of the economy becomes important. Purpose. The article aims to identify contemporary issues of development of the stock and banking sectors in the context of their ability to finance companies in the real economy. Method. In order to achieve the goal of the research we have used the following methods: method of structural and dynamic analysis and method of economic and statistical analysis of the development of the stock and banking sectors of Ukraine. Results. It has been determined that the deterioration of the stock market in Ukraine led to its exclusion from the list of marginal markets. The largest segment of the Ukrainian stock and banking sector services the issuers, which are owned by the state. At the same time, the financial sector has features of bank-centeredness since banks play a leading role in financing of companies and in transactions of the stock market. Ukrainian stock market mainly carries out operations with government bonds and only a small part of operations provides financing for the activities of companies through the issue of stocks and bonds. The share of long-term sources of funding is gradually decreasing and it is critically low for economic growth of the country. The tempos of providing long-term and short-term bank loans for the company are slowing down. A positive trend is the reduction of interest rates on loans. There is a need to develop effective measures for using opportunities of the stock and banking sectors as well for financing companies in the real sector of the economy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Larionov

This paper presents selected results of the study on improving information and methodological tools to increase the effectiveness of entrepreneur’s and state investment policy. Final result of this study - is developing guidelines for calculating the coefficient of investment attractiveness of the banking industry based on the physical theory of heat transfer. Classification of industries according to the degree of investment attractiveness allows to select the industries that will receive the least amount of resources from private investors. The least attractive sectors will be able to obtain public investment resources. For sectors with high investment attractiveness, public funds will only supplement the flow of free liquidity from the banking sector. The lack of liquidity in the real sector is compensated by attracting private funds, a significant share of which is in the banking sector. The real sector could also get the state investments. In this regard, it is important for the state and the banking sector to assess the industries from the position of the possibility of returning the funds, as well as obtaining additional income. The study presents guidelines for calculating the coefficient of investment attractiveness of the industry for the banking sector. The indicator takes into account both the distribution of bank loans in the economy by industry, and the expected profitability of lending, affecting the bank’s decision to issue a loan. Based on the analysis of theoretical concepts, it was demonstrated that the liquidity of the banking sector can be redistributed ≪freely≫ (due to market mechanisms) and ≪involuntarily≫ (through the implementation of state policy related to the direction of funds in certain sectors where there is a lack of resources). The study considers a methodological approach to the assessment of factors affecting the distribution of liquidity of the banking system in the real sector of the economy. The considered approach takes into account behavioral aspects of decision-making in the banking system.


Author(s):  
Iryna Pasinovych ◽  
Viktoriya Dmytruk

Approaches to the essence and constituent elements of the real economy sector are analyzed, its optimal structure is determined. It is focused on servicing and infrastructural role of banks in relation to the entities of the real sector. The dynamics of the lending to the real sector of the economy and the level of its penetration is analyzed. The paper reveals that the growth of lending in this sector was restored only last year, but the level of penetration continues to decline. The banking sector is analyzed. The paper argues that it has become profitable for the first time since the crisis, but mainly due to reduction of deductions to reserves. The financial situation of enterprises of the real sector of the Ukrainian economy is estimated. After an increase in profitability, it was again observed to have fallen due to the growth of competition and labor costs. Production are found to have increased in the real sector, but the role of loans in its development is insignificant. The emphasis is placed on the leading role of banks in the region for business development. The regional features of lending to the real economy sector in the Lviv region are outlined. The paper determines that in this region the growth of industrial products is much higher than the average in Ukraine, while the share of balances on loans granted is one of the lowest. There are the tendencies towards the decrease of the number of banks in the given region, increase of balances of banks' claims on loans in absolute value, prevalence of long-term loans and foreign currency loans. By the share of received loans the processing industry is in second place, agriculture is in the third place. Low level of the share of unemployed loans, higher than the average in Ukraine indicator of the proportion of loans in capital investment, as well as higher interest rates on loans are the features of regional lending in the Lviv region. The factors limiting the obtaining of loans from the point of view of management entities of the studied region are outlined. Certain NBU branches are dominant in the Lviv region as for lending. The changes in the regulatory environment at the macroeconomic level that are directly related to lending are analyzed. The regulator's policy to revive lending to the real sector should be extremely cautious and systematic, aimed at limiting the concentration of risks, preventing excessive lending growth, increasing the stability of financial infrastructure and reducing the dollarization of the banking sector. Measures to increase lending in the Lviv region are outlined. The involvement of banks in the Lviv educational-industrial hub is proposed.


Author(s):  
A.A. Mussina ◽  
M.A. Svyatova ◽  
А.А. Мусина ◽  
М.А. Святова

The state of the economy in any country determines the level of development of banking, since these two areas are directly interconnected and interdependent. This was confirmed again in 2020-21, when the world was hit by a pandemic associated with Covid19, which led to a fall in the economies of the countries of the world and, accordingly, to restrictions on the activities of all spheres, including the banking sector. The banking statistics of recent years characterize a rather tense situation in the industry, which cannot but arouse interest in studying both the causes and possible consequences not only for the banking business, but also for the economy as a whole. Despite the fact that in 2020 the banking sector of Kazakhstan showed a positive result, it is impossible to make an optimistic conclusion about a favorable situation in the banking business. It is necessary to pay attention to the importance of such an integrated approach due to the fact that recently there is often a one-sided interpretation of a commercial bank as a financial intermediary, which infringes on its role as a producer of loans, which are one of the main banking products. The bank, as a credit provider, has recently begun to lose its position in terms of its target direction in the real sector, reorienting itself to profitable and risky areas. The consequences of such a policy are felt, first of all, on the general state of the economy, the lag in the development of the real sector, and the outstripping growth of the financial market, which is disconnected from real projects. The article presents the results of a study conducted to assess the impact of current trends in the development of the banking sector on the prospects of the banking activities in Kazakhstan. Состояние экономики в любой стране определяет уровень развития банковской деятельности, поскольку эти две сферы непосредственно взаимосвязаны и взаимообусловлены. Это еще раз подтвердилось в 2020-21 годах, когда на мир обрушилась пандемия, связанная с Covid19, приведшая к падению экономик стран мира и, соответственно, к ограничениям деятельности всех сфер, в том числе банковского сектора. Статистика банковской деятельности последних лет характеризует достаточно напряженную ситуацию в отрасли, что не может не вызывать интереса к исследованию как причин, так и возможных последствий не только для банковского бизнеса, но и для экономики в целом. Несмотря на то, что за 2020 год банковский сектор Казахстана показал положительный результат, нельзя сделать оптимистичный вывод о благоприятной ситуации в сфере банковского бизнеса. Следует обратить внимание на важность такого комплексного подхода в связи с тем, что в последнее время часть встречается однобокая трактовкакоммерческого банка как финансового посредника, ущемляющая его роль как производителя кредитов, являющихся одними из главных банковских продуктов. Банк, как поставщик кредита, в последнее время стал терять свои позиции в части его целевого направления в отрасли реального сектора, переориентировавшись на прибыльные и рисковые направления. Последствия такой политики ощутимы, в первую очередь, на общем состоянии экономики, отставании развития реального сектора, опережении темпов роста финансового рынка, оторванного от реальных проектов. В статье приведены результаты исследования, проведенного с целью оценки влияния текущих трендов развития банковского сектора на перспективы банковской деятельности в Казахстане.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (45) ◽  
pp. 176-183
Author(s):  
V. M. Kremen ◽  
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O. I. Kremen ◽  
L. P. Huliaieva ◽  
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The purpose of the article is to analyze the situation with bank lending to the real sector and its impact on the development of Ukraine’s economy. In order to effect this purpose, the following tasks have been fulfilled: to analyze the dynamics of the total bank lending to the real sector, to analyze the structure of bank lending to non-financial corporations by loan terms and by currency; to determine the volume of loans granted to non-financial corporations in order to buy, build and reconstruct real estate property. To carry out in-depth assessment of the impact made by bank lending to the real sector on economic development, a correlation and regression analysis has been made, revealing that the increase in bank lending to non-financial corporations leads to the growth of the GDP, industrial output (in goods and services), exports, capital investment and average monthly salary and wages. It also reduces the amount of man-power employed, which may serve as the evidence of production intensification and automation caused by using loan proceeds. The polynomial function most appropriately describes the relationship between the volume of bank lending to non-financial corporations and GDP, exports and employment in 2005-2019, and the exponential function most adequately describes the relationship between the volume of bank lending to non-financial corporations and capital investment and the average monthly salary and wages.


Author(s):  
E. V. Altukhova ◽  
M. A. Markov

The development of the real sector is essential to ensure the growth of national economy in any country. The principle institution working with money in economy is banks. They maintain cash circulation of real sector companies and act as a source of investment, which is allocated in the form of banking credits. Taking into account the fact that the goal of stimulating the real economy growth is set not only for the banking system but for economy in general, the approach to its attaining should be complex and systematic. Because of that it is very important to develop a list of steps that could provide a differentiated approach in the system of supporting companies of the real sector. Such measures’ implementation includes the participation of development institutions and therefore, banks in the system of national projects realization. Upgrading legislative regulation in the sphere of interaction between banks and business entities is extremely important as well as the development of new finance tools providing the growth in finance potential in the real sector of economy. The article analyzes banks’ participation in crediting the real sector of economy in Russia, studies the key characteristics of crediting and puts forward steps both on the macro- and micro-level, which could coordinate economic interests of companies and banks and cut costs.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eny Lestari Widarni ◽  
Suryaning Bawono

The purpose of this study is to compare the impact of the direction of the relationship between education and health investment with economic growth in Indonesia, with the impact and direction of the relationship of foreign direct investment and portfolio investment with economic growth in Indonesia. This study uses a quantitative method using the Threshold Autoregressive model. This study uses secondary data from the world bank in the annual time period from 2000 to 2019. We found that Investment in education and health has an impact on increasing productivity which drives economic growth because labor productivity directly drives the real sector. However, FDI and FPI changed the financial position in terms of capital. Direct investment increases real capital which has an impact on the creation of new sources of economic production but has consequences in the form of income transfers abroad, resulting in cash outflows. The existence of these foreign transfers continuously when economic conditions are stable and the real sector grows and generates profits that can be greater than the cash inflows obtained when foreign direct investments are made.


2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sureyya Burcu Avci ◽  
Gözde Sungu-Esen

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the association between country-level sustainability scores and cross-border bank-to-non-bank flows within countries. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze cross-border banking flows into the real sector firms of 26 developed countries from 2006 to 2017. The authors use a dynamic panel ordinary least square along with an instrumental variable and a generalized method of moments regressions to test the relationship between country-level sustainability scores and cross-border banking flows. Additionally, the authors apply Fama-MacBeth cross-sectional regression and non-parametric portfolio tests to obtain robust results. Findings The impact of country-level sustainability scores on cross-border banking flows is positive and significant. This finding is consistent with the signaling theory, which states that a country’s sustainability score is a signal to attract more international fund flows. Notably, the authors deduce that environmental sustainability is more important than the social and governance pillars. Practical implications The findings indicate that the real sector firms located in countries having higher sustainability scores can receive more international bank flows. Consequently, policymakers should focus more on country-level sustainability investments to improve the financing of resident firms. Social implications Policymakers should focus more on country-level sustainability investments to improve the financing of resident firms. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no existing study has investigated the signaling function of country-level sustainability scores in the cross-border banking flow conjecture. By investigating this relationship for real sector firms, this study portrays how the non-banking sector can benefit from such a policy that promotes sustainable practices at the country level.


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