profitability and cost and revenue efficiency of the banking sector are evaluated. The revenue performance of all banks, and …

It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial … validity of this claim in the Indian context. The empirical evidence reveals that the Indian banking system operates under …

intervention and careful management at both the strategic and individual bank levels. This paper highlights the range of … operational and strategic issues to be addressed and the institutional arrangements needed to foster an effective banking system …

We examine a large panel of more than 100 banks from Argentina to study the effects of bank consolidation on … performance between December 1995 and December 2000, a period of heavy bank consolidation and relative calm. Overall, we find a … positive and significant effect of bank consolidation on bank performance. Bank returns increase with consolidation, and …

-going integration of European financial markets requires closer coordination of prudential policies and financial safety nets. We study … the optimal design of prudential supervision and deposit guarantee regulations in a multi-country, integrated banking … and stability of the banking sector. The paper concludes with recommendations on policy priorities in this area …

of cross-country financial integration. Empirical studies that have adopted the gravity-model framework have found that …

This Selected Issues paper assesses the stability of Singapore’s banking system in a regional context. It proposes a …