This paper presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in 142 countries and makes comparisons with … two earlier surveys. The data do not suggest that countries have primarily reformed their bank regulations for the better … agencies, but existing evidence suggests that these reforms will not improve bank stability or efficiency. While some countries …

This paper presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in 142 countries and makes comparisons with … two earlier surveys. The data do not suggest that countries have primarily reformed their bank regulations for the better … agencies, but existing evidence suggests that these reforms will not improve bank stability or efficiency. While some countries …

The recent global financial crisis has spurred renewed interest in identifying those reforms in bank regulation that … would work best to promote bank development, performance and stability. Building upon three recent world-wide surveys on … bank regulation (Barth et al., 2004, 2006, and 2008), we attempt to contribute to this assessment by examining whether bank …

explain about two-thirds of the variation of bank capitalization over the business cycle. We estimate that provisioning …

Bank regulators consider minimum capital standards essential for promoting well-functioning banking systems. Despite … various countries. The most recent disruption was the global banking crisis of 2007–2009. After the crisis, bank capital … provide equally valuable information about whether a bank is adequately capitalized. A simple minimum regulatory capital ratio …

importantcatalyst for bank consolidation in Europe. In order to assessthe public policy issues surrounding bank mergers, this … paperanalyzes the efficiency effects of 52 horizontal bank mergersover the period 1994-1998, i.e. the period immediately …