This paper examines how a range of stability-oriented regulatory policies for banking and insurance are related to …, policy indicators for eight areas of prudential banking regulation are constructed, in addition to indicators for the …-oriented regulatory policies and competition in banking and insurance.<P>Régulation prudentielle et concurrence sur les marchés financiers …

In the decade following the 1998 financial crisis Russia’s banking system grew much larger and stronger – indeed … important improvements, some weaknesses in prudential supervision remained, and the Russian banking sector continued to have too … many very small banks doing little if any banking business. This paper discusses the policy imperatives in the short term …

The Mexican banking crisis of 1994/95 necessitated a major government rescue operation - estimated to have cost about … financial system has markedly improved, as shown by indicators of the solidity and profitability of the banking sector. This has … and/or acquisitions. Nevertheless, several challenges remain. The banking sector is still relatively inefficient and the …

This paper examines the state of the Russian banking sector in 2004 and assesses the most important reform initiatives … supervision, steps to increase transparency in the sector, and measures to facilitate the development of specific banking … activities. The overall conclusion that emerges from this analysis is that the Russian authorities’ approach to banking reform is …

and were rarely followed up. Important issues, notably the weak capital base and lack of resilience of the banking systems …

probability of subsequent banking, currency and balance-of-payment crises. Using a panel of developed and emerging economies from … 1970 to 2007, it is shown that a large capital inflow episode increases substantially the probability of having a banking … the episode. In particular, large capital inflows that are debt-driven significantly increase the probability of banking …

yields would risk generating instability in the US shadow banking sector, and the financial system more generally, even if … spillovers given their generally less liquid financial markets and, in some cases, weak fundamentals related to the banking … strengthening the resilience of shadow banking institutions so that the risk of liquidity-induced fire sales is reduced. This should …

sensitive to demographic trends. Among the 19 OECD countries which experienced a banking crisis over the period 2007-11, the …