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 …

Despite the extensive debate on the effects of bank competition, only a handful of single-country studies deal with the … impact of bank competition on the cost of credit. We contribute to the literature by investigating the impact of bank … period 2001–2011, we consider a broad set of measures of bank competition, including two structural measures (Herfindahl …

This paper evaluates the effect of bank competition on liquidity creation by banks. Thus, we contribute to the … literature on both bank competition and the determinants of liquidity creation by banks. To explore this relationship, we conduct …. We explain this finding in terms of the impact of increased bank competition on the financial fragility of banks, which …

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 …

This paper examines how the introduction of deposit insurance influences the relationship between bank capital and …, Russia, provides a natural experiment to investigate this issue. We study three alternative measures of bank liquidity … insurance scheme exerts a limited impact on the relationship between bank capital and liquidity creation and does not change the …

This paper examines how the introduction of deposit insurance influences the relationship between bank cap-ital and … market, Russia, provides a natural experiment to investigate this issue. We study three alternative measures of bank … deposit insurance scheme exerts a limited impact on the relationship between bank capital and liquidity creation and does not …

This work examines the impact of bank efficiency on the bank lending channel in China. Using a sample of 175 Chinese … bank’s efficiency. While bank efficiency does not exert an impact on the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission … expansion of shadow banking activities has been associated with a positive impact of bank efficiency on monetary policy …