that net interest margins of banks are lower if various governance indicators are better. More cross-border lending also … seems not to have had a strong impact except via credit risk. Finally, we estimate the size of potential gains from improved …

-weighted assets (RWAs) across banks and jurisdictions and how this might undermine the Basel III capital adequacy framework. We … discuss the key drivers behind the differences in these calculations, drawing upon a sample of systemically important banks …

. The paper discusses the corporate governance of Italian banks, its regulatory framework, and the specific challenges … arising from the role played by foundations and large cooperatives. Although Italian banks have recently made progress in … of foundations when they are the controlling shareholders in banks; and (iv) facilitating the transformation of large …

as a group of banks including global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) …

This paper examines factors determining the allocation of bank credit to the enterprise sector, and the implications of … credit between enterprises and other borrowers, in particular the government. Finally, the paper discusses relative merits of …

European banks. The paper discusses the consequences of shifting funding patterns and investor preferences and presents …

ties to public sector banks, especially in years when public sector banks represent a large share of new credit. Large … advanced and emerging economies. This paper studies how well Indian banks allocate capital across firms with varying levels of … productivity. The analysis reveals that the link between productivity and bank credit growth is weaker for firms with significant …