This paper investigates the determinants of bank funding costs for a sample of internationally active banks from 2001 …–12. We find that changes in banks’ unsecured funding costs are associated with bank-specific characteristics such as an … subprime crisis and the Euro Area sovereign debt crisis—have also been key drivers of the sharp rise in bank funding costs. We …

orientation, pressures on funding models and entity structures could affect the efficiency of capital flows through the bank …

the real economy. The study also runs an empirical exercise to estimate the costs of bank narrowness and draws policy …

This paper proposes a stylized sequencing of banking supervision and bank restructuring measures designed to complement … because the initial cost of bank restructuring can be offset, partly, through the budgetary effects of improved enterprise …

identifies some key patterns of cross-border investment in bank subsidiaries by key banking groups in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA …

paper focuses on a number of issues suggested by international organizations for countries and bank supervisors to consider …