For an international sample of banks, the authors construct measures of a bank's absolute size and its systemic size … defined as size relative to the national economy. They examine how a bank's risk and return, its activity mix and funding … save. The finding that a bank's interest cost tends to rise with its systemic size can also in part explain why a bank …

differences are smaller than expected. Comparing conventional and Islamic banks and controlling for other bank and country …

International consultants on bank regulation, and supervision for developing countries, often base their advice on how … tended to be shaped by bias rather than facts. To better inform advice about bank regulation, and supervision, and to lower … regulation, and supervision of banks in a hundred and seven countries. The data, based on surveys sent to national bank …

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 …

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

mechanism by which government interventions contribute to banks' risk-shifting behavior as reported in recent studies on bank … level runs via competition. (iv) Government interventions disparately affect bank customers' welfare. While liquidity …

This paper presents the latest update of the World Bank Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey, and explores two … on non-bank activities, (c) were less strict in the regulatory treatment of bad loans and loan losses, and (d) had weaker … schemes became more generous, and some reforms were introduced in the area of bank governance and bank resolution …

. For an international sample of banks, this paper investigates the impact of government indebtedness and deficits on bank … stock prices and credit default swap spreads. Overall, bank stock prices reflect a negative capitalization of government … reduction in their market valuation in countries running large fiscal deficits. Furthermore, the change in bank credit default …