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Causes of Inactivity in the European Banking Sector

Lazarides, Themistokles G. - 2015

The crises of 2002 and 2008 have raised the issue of banking sector's ability to absorb the effects of the crises. The inactivity of banks may be the result of a number of events, such as merger & acquisition (M&A), liquidation, default-bankruptcy, etc. Bankruptcy has been found to be a...

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Social Responsibility of Microfinance : Banco Compartamos Case (Responsabilidad Social De Microfinancieras: El Caso Compartamos Banco)

Vargas-Hernández, José G. - 2015

English Abstract: Microfinance achieves financial inclusion to the poor population stimulating the creation of sources of income and employment. Banco Compartamos, is an institution that has more market share and have more than 20 years providing financial services to their specific sector of...

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Bank Competition and Financial Stability : Much Ado About Nothing?

Havranek, Tomas - 2015

The theoretical literature gives conflicting predictions on how bank competition should affect financial stability, and … definition of financial stability and bank competition used by researchers influences their results in a systematic way. The …

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Corporate Vulnerabilities in India and Banks' Loan Performance

Jung, Sung Eun - 2015

improved credit appraisals and stricter impairment standards on the bank side, will be critical to help India's banks resume …

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Islamic Banking Regulation and Supervision : Survey Results and Challenges

Song, Inwon - 2015

The growing presence of Islamic banking needs to be accompanied by the development of effective regulation and supervision. This paper examines the results of the survey conducted by the International Monetary Fund to document international experiences and country practices related to legal and...

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Impact of Policy Changes on Efficiency and Returns-to-Scale of Japanese Financial Institutions

Azad, A. S. M. Sohel - 2015

-to-scale (RTS) of Japanese financial institutions including banks, securities companies and bank holding companies. Three kinds of …

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Safe and Sound Financial Systems : What Works for Latin America

Rojas-Suarez, Liliana - 2015

Should Latin American countries adopt the same regulatory and supervisory procedures and market structures as industrial countries? Or should they consider alternative financial frameworks better suited to their very different economies? Policymakers, academics, and market practicioners exchange...

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A Model of Self-Regulation in Banking Industry

Aboura, Sofiane - 2015

This article derives a model of self-regulation where banks issue insurance products to hedge their own leverage ratio. This approach is an alternative policy to Basel regulation for controlling systemic risk without increasing equity level.Then, we construct two insurability indicators...

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A Multiple-Stakeholder Perspective on Bank Performance Measurement

Avkiran, Necmi K. - 2015

bank performance motivates this study. The primary objective of the article is to illustrate how to develop a multiple … single comparative bank performance estimate. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) brings together the varying perspectives of … five key stakeholders, namely, regulators, shareholders, customers, bank managers and employees. We develop the MSP …

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Competition, Financial Intermediation and Riskiness of Banks : Evidence from Asia Pacific

Soedarmono, Wahyoe - 2015

growth, suggesting that Asian banks are also subject to indirect market discipline mechanisms through bank competition. This … study therefore sheds light on the importance of enhancing bank competition to overcome bank risk and strengthen financial … intermediation. Likewise, this study advocates the importance of strengthening market discipline to reduce bank riskiness regardless …

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