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  "title": "Subsidiaries or Branches: Does One Size Fit All?",
  "publication": "Staff Discussion Notes, March 3, 2011",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Title: \"Subsidiaries or Branches: Does One Size Fit All?\"\n- Series: Staff Discussion Notes No. 2011/004\n- Description: Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience interested in economic policy issues. This Web-only series replaced Staff Position Notes in January 2011.\n- Disclaimer: This Staff Discussion Note represents the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent IMF views or IMF policy. The views expressed herein should be attributed to the authors and not to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its management. Staff Discussion Notes are published to elicit comments and to further debate."
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      "heading": "Major Themes and Policy Areas Covered",
      "content": "- Asset and liability management\n- Banking; Cross-border banking; Foreign banks\n- Financial institutions; Financial services\n- Financial sector policy and analysis; Financial sector stability\n- Liquidity; Lending limit; Risk management\n- Legal support in revenue administration; Revenue administration\n- Resolution; Ringfencing; Too big to fail\n- Branch model; Subsidiary model; Stand-alone subsidiarization; Subsidiary structure; Branch structure; parent bank; CESE subsidiary"
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      "heading": "Keywords and Geographic Scope",
      "content": "- Keywords: asset base, Banking structure, Branch model, branch structure, CESE subsidiary, Cross-border banking, Eastern Europe, Financial regulation, Financial sector stability, Foreign banks, Global, index en.htm, Legal support in revenue administration, lending limit, Liquidity, parent bank, Resolution, Ringfencing, risk management, SDN, Stand-alone subsidiarization, Subsidiary model, subsidiary structure, Too big to fail\n- Geographic focus noted: Eastern Europe; Global perspectives implied"
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    "Authors: Jonathan Fiechter, Inci Ötker, Anna Ilyina, Michael Hsu, Andre O Santos, Jay Surti",
    "Published: March 3, 2011",
    "Series: Staff Discussion Notes",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455288564.006",
    "Title: \"Subsidiaries or Branches: Does One Size Fit All?\"",
    "Series: Staff Discussion Notes No. 2011/004",
    "Description: Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience interested in economic policy issues. This Web-only series replaced Staff Position Notes in January 2011.",
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    "Liquidity; Lending limit; Risk management",
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    "Resolution; Ringfencing; Too big to fail",
    "Branch model; Subsidiary model; Stand-alone subsidiarization; Subsidiary structure; Branch structure; parent bank; CESE subsidiary",
    "Keywords: asset base, Banking structure, Branch model, branch structure, CESE subsidiary, Cross-border banking, Eastern Europe, Financial regulation, Financial sector stability, Foreign banks, Global, index en.htm, Legal support in revenue administration, lending limit, Liquidity, parent bank, Resolution, Ringfencing, risk management, SDN, Stand-alone subsidiarization, Subsidiary model, subsidiary structure, Too big to fail",
    "Geographic focus noted: Eastern Europe; Global perspectives implied",
    "Formats: Web landing page with \"Download PDF\" and \"More Formats on IMF eLibrary\" options referenced",
    "Citation example provided in Chicago format within the page",
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