During Russia's transition, debates raged over the formation of a market economy and the role of the state. Behind these debates lay both the control of oligarchs over strategic branches of the economy that export raw materials and the experience of the 1998 crisis that drew attention to the...

This paper studies the bank-level (size and access to funds) and market-based (interest rate, inflation rate, GDP) variables’ impact on bank lending behavior in Turkey using quarterly bank level data of 15 private commercial banks and 3 state-owned banks for the 2003-2012 period. The empirical...

Using firm-level data from surveys and financial statements, this paper presents an analysis of credit standards, capital allocation and financial conditions of non-financial enterprises in Denmark since the beginning of the financial crisis. The analysis indicates that low interest rates and...

This paper studies the business cycle effects on the performance of commercial bank loan portfolios across major developing economies in the period 1996-2008. We measure loan performance via loan loss provisions (that is, recognized expenses related to expected losses in bank income statements)....

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stipulated the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework in order to ensure the adequacy of banks' internal control system and improve their quality. The PCA framework for Indian bank complies with the Core Banking Principles laid down by the Bank for...

This paper examines the impacts of banking market structure and regulation on economic growth using new data on banking market concentration and manufacturing industry-level growth rates for U.S. states during 1899-1929 — a period when the manufacturing sector was expanding rapidly and...

This paper sheds light on the impact of bank concentration on the entrepreneurial initiative in the Central and Eastern European transition countries over the period 2000-2007. Our investigation provides evidence of a non-monotonic relationship: bank concentration promotes entrepreneurship;...

This paper examines the impact of banking deregulation on growth in the U.S. Many states relaxed restrictions on intra-state bank branching beginning in the early 1960s, both by allowing bank holding companies to convert subsidiaries into branches and by permitting statewide de novo branching....

Access to finance by the poor is a sine qua non for poverty reduction through economic development thereby driving inclusive growth which can further lead to sustainable growth. This study using adequate data covering pre and post-liberalisation period from 1974-75 to 2007-08 in the Indian...

This paper introduces the concept of the financial possibility frontier as a constrained optimum level of financial development to gauge the relative performance of financial systems across the globe. This frontier takes into account structural country characteristics, institutional, and...