the stock exchanges. This paper will study whether this reform has really improved bank efficiency. Adopting the DEA (data … envelopment analysis) approach, this paper examines whether IPO (initial public offering) is effective in enhancing bank … performance. Using data of 14 listed banks during 1999-07, the results show that on average, bank efficiency increased by almost …

crisis. In Bangladesh, Mexico, and the Philippines, we find increases in both the level and the depth of aggregate poverty …. Income shocks are relatively large in the middle (and, in Mexico, the bottom) parts of the income distribution. We also find …

This paper introduces a comprehensive database on bank ownership for 137 countries over 1995-2009, and reviews foreign … bank behavior and impact. It documents substantial increases in foreign bank presence, with many more home and host … foreign bank presence negatively related with domestic credit creation. During the global crisis foreign banks reduced credit …

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 …