This paper examines the extent to which the observed diversity of private deposit interest rates in Russia is explained …

Using evidence from Russia, we explore the effect of the introduction of deposit insurance on bank risk. Drawing on …

This paper examines the extent to which the observed diversity of private deposit interest rates in Russia is explained …

market, Russia, provides a natural experiment to investigate this issue. We study three alternative measures of bank …

, Russia, provides a natural experiment to investigate this issue. We study three alternative measures of bank liquidity …

ownership structure. Using a unique bank-level data covering Russia's entire banking sector for the 1999-2007 period, we find …

ownership structure. Using a unique bank-level data covering Russia’s entire banking sector for the 19992007 period, we find …

The paper reviews the recent conduct of monetary policy and the central bank’s rule-based behavior in Russia. Using … different policy rules, we test whether the central bank in Russia reacts to changes in inflation, output gap and the exchange … rate in a consistent and predictable manner. Our results indicate that during the period of 1993-2002 the Bank of Russia …