Bank internationalisation traditionally takes the form of lending to non-residents, but increasingly non … securities. Within the Asia Pacific region, the largest net beneficiaries of international bank funding to developing economies …

This is the first study to simultaneously estimate the influence of market power and efficiency on profitability of … non-parametric DEA technique is used to estimate the two efficiency scores for banks in Fiji over the 2000-2010 period and … the dynamic GMM to estimate the relationships between market power and efficiency vis-à-vis profitability. Results show …

This study examines the impact of bond markets on both bank profit and cost efficiency. By employing the stochastic … efficiency. The development of bond markets generally has a positive (negative) effect on bank profit (cost) efficiency. Given … local currency corporate bonds is significantly and positively related to both bank profit and cost efficiency. In addition …

.Findings – Over the seven years, bank CSR disclosure improved in all four countries. Australian banks were found to have the best … important influence.Practical implications – Asia-Pacific Governments need not mandate bank CSR reporting standards as the banks …