This paper aims to compare the macroeconomic performance of three European socialist economies (Hungary, Poland …

, we empirically investigate whether bank liquidity creation fosters economic growth in a large emerging market, Russia. We … development on economic growth in Russia. … Russian banks. We perform fixed effects and GMM estimations to examine the relation of liquidity creation to economic growth …

quality the following year, indicating the lending increase was not driven by higher growth prospects or some positive … finding that all types of banks in Russia increase their lending before presidential elections supports the view that the … authorities in an electoral autocracy like Russia can influence lending of both private and state-owned banks for political …

Russia has witnessed a high number of bank failures over the last two decades. Using monthly data for 2002 … provide mixed evidence that political cycles matter for the occurrence of bank failures in Russia. …

We study whether bank efficiency is related to bank ownership in Russia. We find that foreign banks are more efficient …

This paper considers whether local bank participation exerts an impact on the spreads for syndicated loans in Russia … benefit from an advantage in monitoring ability and in information in Russia. …

This paper investigates stock market reaction to debt arrangements in Russia. The analysis of the valuation of debt …