the mid-1990s - experienced falling net margins and increasing overhead. There were many domestic bank failures in the mid …

In recent years, foreign bank participation has increased tremendously in several developing countries. In Argentina … foreign bank entry are still being debated, including: 1) What draws foreign banks to a country? 2) Which banks expand abroad …? 3) What do foreign banks do once they arrive? 4) How does the mode of a bank's entry - for example, as a branch of its …

to the fund (typically a private insurance company) loses money when losses exceed premiums. Claimants that underprice … underpriced deposit insurance led to riskier banking portfolios without commensurate increases in bank capital. Deposit insurance …, insurance may give depositors increased confidence in the formal financial sector -- which may decrease the likelihood of bank …

Existing evidence on the effect of foreign bank penetration on lending to small and medium-size enterprises is … cross-country studies find that foreign bank entry fosters competition and reduces interest rates, benefits that should … results suggest that foreign bank penetration improves financing conditions (both the quantities of financing and the terms …