We examine the structure, governance, and balance sheets of state-controlled banks in Russia, which accounted for over … market concentration in Russia (by consolidating the market shares of core state-controlled banks), which produces a picture … viability of state ownership of banks in Russia and to evaluate the country's banking sector …

participation of foreign banks. By 2005, the banking sectors in many transition countries had developed sufficiently to provide a … wide range of services with solid bank performance. Recently, banks have switched their focus from lending to enterprises …

This paper considers whether local bank participation exerts an impact on the spreads for syndicated loans in Russia …. Following Berger, Klapper and Udell (2001), we test whether local banks possess a superior ability to deal with information … studies, we distinguish foreign banks with a local presence from those without such presence. The intuition here is that a …

finding that all types of banks in Russia increase their lending before presidential elections supports the view that the … authorities in an electoral autocracy like Russia can influence lending of both private and state-owned banks for political …State-owned banks tend to increase lending before elections for the purpose of boosting the reelection odds of …

finding that all types of banks in Russia increase their lending before presidential elections supports the view that the … authorities in an electoral autocracy like Russia can influence lending of both private and state-owned banks for political …State-owned banks tend to increase lending before elections for the purpose of boosting the re-election odds of …

a leading emerging market, namely China, using difference-in-differences and GARCH approaches. Before the crisis China … adopted banking reforms allowing entry of foreign banks and more domestic participation in the syndicated loan market. As a …

a leading emerging market, namely China, using difference-in-differences and GARCH approaches. Before the crisis China … adopted banking reforms allowing entry of foreign banks and more domestic participation in the syndicated loan market. As a …

foreign banks relative to local banks in China. Moreover, it appears that increased financial leverage discourages foreign …This paper considers whether information asymmetries affect the willingness of foreign banks to participate in … syndicated loans to corporate borrowers in China. In line with theoretical literature, ownership concentration of the borrowing …

appraise the weak development of bond market in China. We test if flotation costs, asymmetries of information, and … over the period 2006–2010. We find evidence in favor of the influence of central government ownership on the financing …

appraising the weak development of bond market in China. We test if flotation costs, asymmetries of information, and … the influence of central government ownership on the financing choices of firms it owns, as central state-owned firms are …