prices and financial statements of these banks. The results suggest that spillovers within domestic banking systems generally …

and commercial banks in 18 banking systems with a substantial presence of Islamic banking. We find that (i) small Islamic …

When a country's banking system becomes more linked to the global banking network, does that system get more or less … prone to a banking crisis? Using model simulations and econometric estimates based on a world-wide dataset, we find an M …-shaped relationship between financial stability of a country's banking sector and its interconnectedness. In particular, for banking …

regimes--a European Banking Charter (EBC)--could harness market forces to establish a level playing field for financial sector …

competitive conduct of financial institutions and banking system fragility. Using the Panzar and Rosse H-Statistic as a measure … for competition in 38 countries during 1980-2003, we present evidence that more competitive banking systems are less prone …

banking, corporate, and public sectors show an improvement beginning in 2002–03, followed by a major deterioration since …