We analyze the credit supply and real sector effects of bank bail-ins by exploiting the unexpected failure of a major … Portuguese bank and subsequent resolution. Using a matched firm-bank dataset on credit exposures and interest rates, we show that …

-level characteristics, onthe other hand, such as bank size, operating costs, and composition of loan portfolio,explain a large proportion of …Using a unique bank-level dataset on the Ugandan banking system over theperiod 1999 to 2005, we explore the factors … banking efficiency. Similarly, macroeconomic variables canexplain little of the over-time variation in bank spreads. Bank …

reviews the debate about marketbased vs. bank-based financial systems. Using data for a sample of 40 countries over the period … economic growth, but the degree to which a financial system is market- or bank-based cannot explain economic development across …

of Kenya's banking system, using aggregate, bank-level, and survey data. Banks' asset quality and liquidity positions … supervision of microfinance institutions and cooperatives is a priority. Maintaining an openness to new, and non-bank, providers …

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