The recent wave of foreign investment in China's banks and the prospects of further opening of the banking sector under … the WTO agreement suggest that foreign banks are likely to play an increasingly important role in China. This paper takes … stock of the involvement of foreign banks in the Chinese banking sector in the perspective of international experience …

development and becomes relatively less important as the economy develops, and why banks may retard financial sector development …

This paper presents a model of a banking industry with heterogeneous banks that delivers predictions on the … relationship between banks' risk of failure, market structure, bank ownership, and banks' screening and bankruptcy costs. These … predictions are explored empirically using a panel of individual banks data and ownership information including more than 10 …

The global financial crisis has highlighted the importance of early identification of weak banks: when problems are … of banking distress in Europe. We identify a set of indicators and thresholds that can help to distinguish sound banks …

has been associated with a rise in efficiency. Moreover, on average, larger banks and foreign-owned banks have become more … efficient, while smaller banks have become less efficient in the face of increased competitive pressures. …

This paper shows that the quality of banks within each country is one of the important factors that can account for the …