This paper analyzes the determinants of the interest rate of short-term unsecured loan inter-bank market (call) in …

Microfinance programs like the Self Help Bank Linkage Program in India have been increasingly promoted for their …

In this paper, we test the bank lending channel of monetary policy transmission in Sweden. Using a panel of bank … balance sheet data covering the period 1998:M1 to 2003:M6, we test for bank loan supply shifts by segregating banks by asset … affected by monetary policy, which supports the hypothesis of the bank lending channel …

bank balance sheet data at the micro level as well as macroeconomic variables are used to capture these changes. The case …) and higher market concentration in the banking sector had a positive effect on bank profitability, while, surprisingly … banks did not have a clear-cut or significant impact on bank profits. …

-output framework using Norwegian bank-level panel data. The dual approach with four variable inputs is applied, and the general model … towards electronic payment services has decreased average costs and increased the economies of scale in bank intermediation …

regulation (Basel I). Using bank-level panel data from Norway, important hypotheses concerning the determination of the buffer …

information primarily underlies relationship lending whereas hard public information drives arm's-length debt. The bank's relative … type, lender switching, and default behavior firms, however, anticipate the inside bank's strategic use of information and …

impact of government intervention in these markets. We use confidential bank-level data to study the impact of government … welfare improved when the interchange fees, transfers among banks, were reduced. Furthermore, bank revenues increased because …