weaknesses in bank balance sheets, consumption-led economic growth, and relatively high net interest margins. Bank-level analysis … suggests that interest margins in the Philippines rise with bank size, bank capitalization, foreign ownership, overhead costs … and tax rates. Using bank-level data for a number of Asian economies, we find that higher growth, lower inflation, higher …

This paper empirically examines the demand for commercial bank deposits in Lebanon, a regional financial center. With … Lebanon's high fiscal deficits financed largely by domestic commercial banks that rely on deposit funding, deposit growth is a … importance of the external variables. At the micro level, we find that in addition, bank-specific variables, such as the …

This paper explains the continuing success of European cooperative banks through evolving comparative advantages. It …

model, and a medium-term forecast is generated for bank capitalization, profitability, liquidity and nonperforming loans …A banking system module is incorporated into the Central Bank of Barbados's multisectoral macroeconomic forecasting …

This study examines the effect of financial-sector reform on bank performance in selected Middle Eastern and North … African (MENA) countries in the period 1994 -2008. We evaluate bank efficiency in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon and Tunisia … bank specific variables on bank efficiency. Overall, the analysis shows that, despite similarities in the process of …

This paper documents global trends in bank activity, consolidation, internationalization, and financial firm … concentrated banking systems. We outline research directions aimed at explaining why bank consolidation and conglomeration do not …