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Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

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Economics and Finance

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63
Citations
22582
World Ranking
688
National Ranking
436

Overview

Maria Soledad Martinez Peria is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States. Their work spans multiple subfields within economics and finance, focusing primarily on accounting, economics and econometrics, finance, strategy and management, and urban studies.

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • Working Capital and Financial Performance
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Islamic Finance and Banking Studies

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Financial Inclusion and Human Development, 2020, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance
  • Access to Finance and Job Growth: Firm-Level Evidence across Developing Countries, 2021, European Finance Review
  • Government intervention and bank markups: Lessons from the global financial crisis for the COVID-19 crisis, 2021, Journal of Banking & Finance
  • When They Go Low, We Go High? Measuring Bank Market Power in a Low-for-Long Environment, 2021, IMF Working Paper
  • The Internationalization of China's Equity Markets, 2024, IMF Economic Review

In addition to articles, Maria Soledad Martinez Peria has contributed to book publications, notably through the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, with a publication titled The Internationalization of China's Equity Markets in 2023.

Frequent coauthors that have collaborated on multiple works include:

  • Deniz Igan
  • Nicola Pierri
  • Andrea Presbitero
  • Juan J. Cortina
  • Sergio L. Schmukler

Common venues for their publications encompass:

  • European Finance Review
  • Journal of Banking & Finance
  • IMF Economic Review
  • IMF Working Paper
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance

Best Publications

  • Reaching out : access to and use of banking services across countries

    Thorsten Beck;Asli Demirguc-Kunt;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • The foundations of financial inclusion: understanding ownership and use of formal accounts

    Franklin Allen;Asli Demirguc-Kunt;Leora Klapper;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Reaching out : access to and use of banking services across countries

    Thorsten Beck;Asli Demirguc-Kunt;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Bank involvement with SMEs : beyond relationship lending

    Augusto de la Torre;María Soledad Martínez Pería;Sergio L. Schmukler

  • Do Depositors Punish Banks for "Bad" Behavior?: Market Discipline, Deposit Insurance, and Banking Crises

    Maria Soledad Martinez Peria;Sergio L. Schmukler

  • Banking services for everyone ? Barriers to bank access and use around the world

    Thorsten Beck;Asli Demirguc-Kunt;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Foreign bank entry - experience, implications for developing countries, and agenda for further research

    George Clarke;Robert Cull;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria;Susana M. Sanchez

  • Banking Services for Everyone? Barriers to Bank Access and Use around the World

    Thorsten Beck;Asli Demirguc-Kunt;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Do remittances promote financial development

    Reena Aggarwal;Asli Demirgüç-Kunt;Maria Soledad Martínez Pería

  • Bank involvement with SMEs: beyond relationship lending

    Augusto de la Torre;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria;Sergio L. Schmukler

  • Foreign Bank Entry: Experience, Implications for Developing Economies, and Agenda for Further Research

    George Clarke;Robert Cull;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria;Susana M. Sánchez

  • How Foreign Participation and Market Concentration Impact Bank Spreads: Evidence from Latin America

    Maria Soledad Martinez Peria;Ashoka Mody

  • Bank Financing for SMEs around the World : Drivers, Obstacles, Business Models, and Lending Practices

    Thorsten Beck;Thorsten Beck;Asli Demirguc-Kunt;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Bank ownership and lending patterns during the 2008-2009 financial crisis: evidence from Latin America and Eastern Europe

    Robert Cull;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Do Workers’ Remittances Promote Financial Development?

    Reena Aggarwal;Asli Demirguc-Kunt;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Does Foreign Bank Penetration Reduce Access to Credit in Developing Countries? Evidence from Asking Borrowers

    George R.G. Clarke;Robert Cull;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Bank Financing for SMEs: Evidence Across Countries and Bank Ownership Types

    Thorsten Beck;Asli Demirgüç-Kunt;María Soledad Martínez Pería

  • Bank lending to small businesses in Latin America: does Bank origin matter?

    George R. G. Clarke;Robert Cull;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria;Susana M. Sanchez

  • How bank competition affects firms'access to finance

    Inessa Love;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Bank Financing for SMEs around the World: Drivers, Obstacles, Business Models, and Lending Practices

    Thorsten Beck;Thorsten Beck;Asli Demirguc-Kunt;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • How bank competition affects firms' access to finance

    Inessa Love;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Bank ownership type and banking relationships

    Allen N. Berger;Leora F. Klapper;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria;Rida Zaidi

  • How banks go abroad: Branches or subsidiaries?

    Eugenio Cerutti;Giovanni Dell'Ariccia;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • Foreign bank participation and access to credit across firms in developing countries

    George R.G. Clarke;Robert Cull;María Soledad Martínez Pería

  • Bank Involvement with SMEs: Beyond Relationship Lending

    Augusto de la Torre;Augusto de la Torre;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria;Sergio L. Schmukler

  • The economics of microfinance

    Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

  • How Foreign Participation and Market Concentration Impact Bank Spreads: Evidence

    Maria Soledad Martinez Peria;Ashoka Mody

Frequent Co-Authors

Thorsten Beck
Thorsten Beck European University Institute
Robert Cull
Robert Cull World Bank
Inessa Love
Inessa Love University of Hawaii at Manoa
George R. G. Clarke
George R. G. Clarke Texas A&M International University
Leora Klapper
Leora Klapper World Bank
Ross Levine
Ross Levine Hoover Institution
Charles W. Calomiris
Charles W. Calomiris Columbia University
Allen N. Berger
Allen N. Berger University of South Carolina

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