This study examines the relationship between bank transparency and efficiency. Using a unique dataset for Russian banks …

This paper contributes to the debate on the effect of capital requirements on bank efficiency. We study the relation … between capital ratio and bank efficiency for Chinese banks over the period 2004−2009, taking advantage of the profound … which depends to an extent on the bank's ownership type. Our results therefore suggest that capital requirements can improve …

The aim of this paper is to analyze bank competition in Russia by measuring the market power of Russian banks and its … determinants over the period 2001-2007 with the Lerner index. Earlier studies on bank competition have focused on developed … countries whereas this paper contributes to the analysis of bank competition in emerging markets. We find that bank competition …