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  "title": "Banking Supervision: Quality and Governance",
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  "summary": "This paper examines the relationship between the quality of banking supervision and governance of the supervisory agency, based on assessments of the Basel Core Principles and the IMF Code on Transparency in Financial Policies, covering 116 and 53 countries, respectively, with 51 common to both.",
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      "heading": "Authors and Publication",
      "content": "- By Alessandro Gambini, Salim M. Darbar, Marco Arnone\n- April 1, 2007\n- IMF Working Papers, Working Paper No. 2007/082, Issue: 082\n- Pages: 30\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451866469.001\n- ISBN: 9781451866469\n- ISSN: 1018-5941\n- Stock No: WPIEA2007082"
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      "heading": "Research Scope and Data",
      "content": "- Assessments used:\n  - Basel Core Principles coverage: 116 countries\n  - IMF Code on Transparency in Financial Policies coverage: 53 countries\n  - Overlap between the two assessments: 51 countries"
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      "content": "- There is a positive correlation between the transparency of the supervisor and the effectiveness of banking supervision.\n- Better accountability and integrity practices of banking supervisors are associated with higher independence of the supervisory agency.\n- Higher independence of the supervisory agency is, in turn, associated with better compliance with the Basel Core Principles.\n- These results are largely robust across different stages of financial development."
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      "content": "- Subject: Bank supervision, Banking, Basel Core Principles, Financial sector development, Personal income\n- Keywords: banking supervision, independence, practice, WP"
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    "Published: April 1, 2007",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451866469.001",
    "By Alessandro Gambini, Salim M. Darbar, Marco Arnone",
    "April 1, 2007",
    "IMF Working Papers, Working Paper No. 2007/082, Issue: 082",
    "Pages: 30",
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    "There is a positive correlation between the transparency of the supervisor and the effectiveness of banking supervision.",
    "Better accountability and integrity practices of banking supervisors are associated with higher independence of the supervisory agency.",
    "Higher independence of the supervisory agency is, in turn, associated with better compliance with the Basel Core Principles.",
    "These results are largely robust across different stages of financial development.",
    "Subject: Bank supervision, Banking, Basel Core Principles, Financial sector development, Personal income",
    "Keywords: banking supervision, independence, practice, WP",
    "Available via IMF eLibrary in multiple formats.",
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