and equity, steadily rising non-performing loans and bank runs at smaller financial institutions have highlighted problems …

economies, despite great increases in the post-crisis period. The author reviews regulations on foreign bank entry that may have … changes and the need for bank recapitalization in the region, the presence of foreign banks is expected to increase in the …, and may be due to the fact that foreign bank entry in Asia is still a very recent phenomenon, and has occurred mostly …

This study empirically analyzes the impact of the United States’ bank recapitalization program, the centerpiece of the … United States’ $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), on bank portfolios. Through superior empirical analysis and … objective of stimulating bank lending. On the contrary, we find evidence that recipient banks grew assets significantly slower …

This study examines the effect of banking sector consolidation on bank profit and cost efficiency using data from Japan …. Our analysis shows that bank merger events have little impact on profit efficiency, but significantly lower cost …