-specific characteristics are found to have a considerable influence on bank efficiency …

Based on a simple framework, this note clarifies the economics behind bank restructuring and evaluates various … bank’s default and keep the burden on taxpayers at a minimum. The note also acknowledges that the design of any …

, expanding exposure to the government, and, eventually, the run on deposits. We find that there was substantial cross-bank … individual banks’ exposure to currency and government default risk depended on bank fundamentals and other characteristics. Thus …

''Afrique Centrale (CEMAC) and the level of bank competition at the regional level. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative … excess liquidity in the region. Other data also indicate that bank competition within the CEMAC as a region is limited …

This paper analyzes the relationship between oil price shocks and bank profitability. Using data on 145 banks in 11 oil …-exporting MENA countries for 1994-2008, we test hypotheses of direct and indirect effects of oil price shocks on bank profitability …. Our results indicate that oil price shocks have indirect effect on bank profitability, channeled through country …

banks can extract market power rents. We show that more bank competition results in lower economy-wide risk, lower bank … allocation and optimal levels of bank risk and capitalization. These results are at variance with those obtained by a large …

links changes in the financial environment and the distribution of future bank capital ratios. This forward …