This paper examines the convergence properties of cost efficiency for Indonesian banks for the period 1992-2007. It …. Using panel data estimation, the paper examines β-convergence and σ-convergence, to test the speed at which Indonesian banks … reform process improved the average level of efficiency and improved the distribution of efficiency across banks …

The paper investigates the factors crucial in the locational decisions of multinational German banks in selected … variables of macroeconomic and financial sector risk along with measures of bank-client integration and host country market … characteristics. Results indicate that FDI by non-banks exerted a strong pull effect on banking FDI flows, as did highly developed …

simulation exercise is performed on how various external shocks affect the balance sheet of an average European bank under the …, and the interaction with banks’ risk management, supervisory tools and statistical requirements. It also examines how the … application of fair value accounting to banks’ trading book has impacted their share price volatility. It is concluded that the …

. Furthermore significant differences existed between small and large banks. The business model of small banks was often more …

ability of a bank to restructure the borrower's firm in the case of distress, the possibility to appropriate private benefits …

In this paper, we investigate the claim that German banks are special compared to banks in other industrialised … economies. We show that banks are of particular importance to the German economy?as financial intermediary, as lender to the … corporate sector, and as part of the corporate governance system. Further, German banks are supervised by two supervisory …

significant problems in the banking sector. Czech banks were not significantly affected and recorded a profit in many cases and … of the Czech Republic on the performance and profitability of the banking market through selected determinants … independent variables. In particular, the final report focusses on measuring the performance and profitability of the banking …

This paper builds a new dataset on bank ownership and bank performance covering approximately 50,000 observations for … ownership and bank performance, providing separated estimations for developing and industrial countries. It is found that, while … 119 countries over the 1995-2002 period. The paper then uses the dataset to reassess the relationship between bank …

Trotz Fusionen und Finanzkrise hat sich im Finanzsektor wenig geändert: Der Frauenanteil in den Spitzengremien der … Finanzsektor weit mehr als die Hälfte der Beschäftigten Frauen sind, stellen sie nur 2,9 Prozent der Vorstandsmitglieder in den …