Using data from a survey of 91 banks in 45 countries, the authors characterize bank financing to small and medium … enterprises, charge them higher interest rates and fees, and experience more non-performing loans from lending to them. Although … more likely to engage in arms-length lending -- the most significant differences are found between banks in developed and …

sector to meet their financing needs. The paper provides an overview of low-income countries' access to cross-border bank … lending and bond issuance in the international market over the past few decades. It highlights some stylized facts that …

, which leads to excessive risk-taking. This paper examines the relation between deposit insurance and bank risk and systemic … bank risk and systemic fragility in the years leading up to the global financial crisis. However, during the crisis, bank … addition, the analysis finds that good bank supervision can alleviate the unintended consequences of deposit insurance on bank …

This paper reassesses what works in banking regulation based on the new World Bank survey (Survey IV) of bank … regulation and supervision around world. The paper briefly presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in … in bank regulations and banking system performance. The data suggest that many countries made capital regulations more …

Foreign bank participation has increased steadily across developing countries since the mid-1990s. This paper documents … particular attention to the differences observed across regions both in the degree of foreign bank participation and in the … mitigate information problems have been the main factors driving foreign bank entry across developing countries. In general …