recourse to central bank finance is rather limited and does not affect the risk-taking behaviour of banks in a non …-stressed country such as Germany. Yield-seeking strategies were predominantly pursued by strong banks in Germany. Thus, with respect to … capitalised banks, a kind of "hidden moral suasion" or "home-biased" gambling for resurrection to actively push the sovereign-bank …

literature. This paper seeks to study the determinants of bank asset quality and profitability using panel data techniques and … contrary to the general perception. Similarly, with regard to rural bank branches, the results reveal that aversion to rural …

central bank, the Safeguards Assessments Division of the IMF's Finance Department developed a tool that facilitates … provided to the central bank which provide a roadmap to advance the risk management function …