The UK economy has enjoyed an unprecedented period of positive economic growthsince the early 1990s. The absence of recession for more than a decade has been accompanied bya sustained decline in the level of mortgage arrears, as reported by major lenders. This paperseeks to examine the factors...

In 2004 Poland entered the EU. This paper investigates the performance of the Polish banking industry over the period 1999–2004, by looking specifically at its comparative efficiency in relation to one of the largest banking sectors in the EU namely, that of the UK. Based on a range of...