policymakers’ efforts to strengthen bank capitalization …

supply factors, both for the whole 1993-2010 period and during periods of financial instability. Using bank-level panel data …

due to bank funding shortages from the sovereign debt crisis were a major factor behind the lending slowdown in late 2011 …

the probability of financial crisis. It finds that greater tax bias is associated with significantly higher aggregate bank …

precautionary liquidity buffers is associated with measures of bank size, profitability, capitalization, and financial development …

examines one particular channel at work: the supply of credit. It presents a model in which a bank, even if managed by risk …

orientation, pressures on funding models and entity structures could affect the efficiency of capital flows through the bank …

conditional profitability distributions. Real GDP growth and the NPL ratio are shown to be the most reliable determinants of bank …

This paper presents recent trends in bank ownership across countries and summarizes the evidence regarding the … implications of bank ownership structure for bank performance and competition, financial stability, and access to finance. The … the impact of government bank ownership suggests few benefits, especially for developing countries …

Determinants of bank-level credit growth in Saudi Arabia are investigated by applying a panel approach to data spanning … 2000-15. Strong bank balance sheet conditions, economic activity, and oil prices support bank lending. Reduced bank … concentration appears to have helped. Lending remained robust in 2015 despite oil prices having declined, helped by strong bank …