The Central European banking industry is dominated by foreign-owned banks. During the recent crisis, for the first time since the transition, foreign parent companies were frequently in worse financial conditions than their subsidiaries. This situation created a unique opportunity to study new...

The Central European banking industry is dominated by foreign-owned banks. During the recent crisis, for the first time since the transition to a post-Communist era in this region, foreign parent companies were frequently in worse financial conditions than their subsidiaries. This situation...

Negative monetary policy rates are associated with a particular friction because the remuneration of retail deposits tends to be floored at zero. We investigate whether this friction affects banks’ reactions when the policy rate is lowered to negative levels, compared to a standard rate cut in...