characteristics for 205 economies from 1960 to 2010. The database includes measures of (a) size of financial institutions and markets … financial institutions and markets (stability). The authors document cross-country differences and time series trends …

regulation and supervision around world. The paper briefly presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in …This paper reassesses what works in banking regulation based on the new World Bank survey (Survey IV) of bank … in bank regulations and banking system performance. The data suggest that many countries made capital regulations more …

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 … over the last decade. Following Basel guidelines many countries strengthened capital regulations and official supervisory …