Asset recovery rate is a key factor for credit investors. This study explores the determinants of bank asset recovery rates during the recent downturn in the real estate sector and subsequent financial crisis. We find that banks relying on brokered deposit realize lower asset recovery rates....

Using data from Bangladesh, this paper finds that the liquidity premium—the difference between the interest paid on illiquid and liquid savings accounts—is higher in commercial banks than in microfinance institutions. One possible interpretation lies in the higher prevalence of...

We study a bank run in India in which private bank branches experience sudden and considerable loss of deposits that seek safety in state-owned public sector banks (PSBs). We trace the consequences of this reallocation using granular data on bank- firm relationships and branch balance sheets....