This paper examines changes in bank capital and capital regulations since the global financial crisis, in the Europe … of the definition of Tier 1 capital and reduction in risk-weights. Further analyses show that bank risk in Europe and …

regarding the implications of bank ownership structure for bank performance and competition, financial stability, and access to …This paper presents recent trends in government and foreign bank ownership across countries and summarizes the evidence … expanding access to credit. The record on the impact of government bank ownership suggests few benefits, especially for …

Cross-border banking in emerging markets and developing economies has expanded across most World Bank regions and has … become large relative to some home and host economies. This paper analyzes recent trends of bank activities of financial …

This paper summarizes the latest update of the World Bank Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey. The paper explores … and summarizes the evolution in bank capital regulations, capitalization of banks, market discipline, and supervisory … crisis. Bank supervision became stricter and more complex compared with the pre-global financial crisis period. However …

competition and innovation, or that they are more sensitive to foreign presence. "--World Bank web site …"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their … competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through …