The recent wave of foreign investment in China's banks and the prospects of further opening of the banking sector under … stock of the involvement of foreign banks in the Chinese banking sector in the perspective of international experience … China appears to be well positioned to benefit from further opening of the banking sector to foreign investors …

We explore the relationship between banking sector performance and the quality of regulation and supervision as … measured by compliance with the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision (BCP). Using BCP assessment results for … with BCP on banking sector performance, as measured by nonperforming loans and net interest margin, after controlling for …

In episodes of significant banking distress or perceived systemic risk to the financial system, policymakers have often … restructuring programs and may increase moral hazard going forward. Using a sample of 42 episodes of banking crises, this paper …

We update the widely used banking crises database by Laeven and Valencia (2008, 2010) with new information on recent … banking, currency, and sovereign debt crises during the period 1970-2011. The data show some striking differences in policy …

This paper presents a new database of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2009. While there are many …