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 …

between bank lending specialization and bank performance and stability in an international sample. Theory suggests that banks … exposures, while not leading to higher returns. The paper also documents important time, cross-bank, and cross-county variation …

, 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 … turbulence. In addition, the analysis finds that good bank supervision can alleviate the unintended consequences of deposit …

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 …

economic management in the developed world and the economic models that guide it. The crisis has revealed major market failures … market-state balance, macroeconomic management, globalization, development financing, and public spending. On the one hand … should largely reinforce the Post-Washington Consensus on development that has emerged over the past decade -- a world view …

of elderly in the world, and below-replacement fertility rates since at least the 1980s. The typology helps identify … development policy priorities for countries in different stages of demographic transition, and opportunities through globalization …

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 …

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 …