This paper analyses the effect of bank profitability on economic growth. While policymakers have shown major concerns … for low levels of bank profitability, there are no empirical studies on the growth effects of bank profitability. To fill … this gap, we investigate the impact of bank profitability on economic growth using a sample of 133 countries during the …

Economic integration on the EU banking markets is expected to favor competition, which should provide economic gains … taken place on the EU banking markets, by applying ? and ? convergence tests for panel data. We show convergence in bank … competition. These findings are also observed with standard competition measures (Herfindahl index, profitability indicators). We …

Economic integration on the EU banking markets is expected to favor competition. However no study has been performed in …

integration has taken place on the banking markets, by investigating the convergence in banking efficiency for European Union …. Our work then constitutes the first one to apply tests of β and σ convergence specified for panel data on banking … financial integration has taken place on the EU banking markets in the recent years. …

This paper investigates how past experience with banking crises influences an individual's trust in banks. We combine … data on banking crises for the period 1970-2014 with individual data on trust in banks for 52 countries. We find that … experiencing a banking crisis diminishes a person's trust in banks, and that high exposure to banking crises is negatively related …

There has been a notable debate in the banking literature on the impact of bank competition on financial stability … competition. The Russian banking industry is a unique example of an emerging market which has undergone a large number of bank …