This paper builds a dataset on bank ownership that covers more than 6,500 banks in 181 countries (59 low … reduction in state-ownership of banks and an increase foreign ownership. However, the Global Financial Crisis interrupted or … is mixed: regressions with country fixed effects indicate that the presence of foreign-owned banks is positively …

A prolonged low-interest-rate environment presents a significant challenge to banks and is likely to entail major …. Smaller, deposit-funded, less diversified banks are hurt most, increasing consolidation pressures and reach …

quantify the heterogeneous response of banks towards this type of regulation in banking sectors of western-type economies …. The findings suggest that the impact of capital regulation on bank risk is very heterogeneous across banks and the sources … focus on the restraint of excess risk-taking by banks …

banks which are more involved in firms' financing have better information and stronger incentives to use it …

Following the extra ordinary decision to bail in the unsecured depositors and restructure the two main banks and the … considers the changes necessary to rebuild the economy of Cyprus on solid and sustainable foundations. The effort should revolve … that banks will begin to perform their primary function as prudent lenders, remove economic distortions and other controls …

the Economy. Special concessions, subsidies, relaxations and tax exemptions made by a Government over-eager to attract … foreign investment may indeed make a financially viable project non-viable from the Economy's perspective. In order to …) institutionalise and enhance the credit risk assessment of commercial banks, 2) set up a Development Bank to source and position new …