provide guidance to policymakers regarding bank privatization …This paper provides an overview of the possible linkages between state-owned banks, privatization, and banking sector …

We revisit the link between bailouts and bank risk taking. The expectation of government support to failing banks … creates moral hazard - increases bank risk taking. However, when a bank's success depends on both its effort and the overall … invest prudently and so reduce bank risk taking. This systemic insurance effect will be relatively more important when …

We present a model that describes how different types of bank regulation can interact to affect the likelihood of fire …

endogenous bank fragility and slow recovery from crises. When banks' investment decisions are not contractible, depositors form … expectations about bank risk-taking and demand a return on deposits according to their risk. This creates strategic … of bank net worth, leading to a persistent drop in investment and output. I bring the model to bear on the European …

link information production to outcomes: high levels of information production predict bank balance sheet contraction and …

be detrimental to bank stability, the more so where bank interest rates are deregulated and the institutional environment … is weak. Also, the adverse impact of deposit insurance on bank stability tends to be stronger when the coverage offered …