. It also compares Australian banks with their international peers. Finally, it investigates banks' exposure to credit risk … using the new Basel II Pillar 3 disclosure data. The analysis shows that Australian banks have remained very sound by …

This paper examines the behavior of bank soundness indicators during episodes of brisk loan growth, using bank …-level data for central and eastern Europe and controlling for the feedback effect of credit growth on bank soundness. No evidence … is found that rapid loan expansion has weakened banks during the last decade, but over time weaker banks seem to have …

declines in lending standards by incumbent banks. Finally, lending standards declined more in areas with higher mortgage … securitization rates. The results are consistent with theoretical predictions from recent financial accelerator mode …

are experiencing credit booms. This paper analyzes the role of foreign-owned banks in these credit booms. The results show … that the CEE countries depend on foreign banks, and these foreign banks depend on interbank funding. Lending by foreign … banks seems driven by economic growth and interest rate margins. This lending appears independent of economic but not …

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 … ties to public sector banks, especially in years when public sector banks represent a large share of new credit. Large …

banks was the fatal link between the collapse of structured finance and the global malfunction of funding markets that …

of excess bank reserves and do more than merely substitute central bank money for collateral that currently rema …

financial sector stability) to the fast rise of securitization and the way it has arguably complicated both the conduct of … innovation, specifically through securitization, has altered the nature of some macro-financial linkages, often with considerable … policy implications. We find that securitization activity in the United States (mature market) and South Afr …

CESEE banks are reducing foreign funding sources in response to reduced external imbalances, reduced ability to tap …