. These observations beg the question of whether the effectiveness of monetary policy through a lending channel differs across … types of banks to monetary policy initiatives of the central bank and the bank lending channel of monetary policy might be … policy changes on less risky short term and more risky medium term lending We discuss the policy implications of the findings …

Banks entering an emerging market face a lot of uncertainty about the risks involved in lending. We use a unique …

perform better that state owned firms. At the same time, it has been argued that competition and hard budget constraints can … 1999- 00 ownership was no longer a significant determinant of performance; induced by competition, public sector banks were …

The theoretical literature gives conflicting predictions on how bank competition should affect financial stability, and … dozens of researchers have attempted to evaluate the relationship empirically. We collect 598 estimates of the competition … definition of financial stability and bank competition used by researchers influences their results in a systematic way. The …