large to smaller banks would increase overall efficiency. The paper finds no significant correlation between bank efficiency …

-to-assets ratio is ambiguous. Similarly, as competition increases, the probability of bank failure can either increase or decrease. We … literature are negatively and significantly related to measures of bank competition. Thus, there is no evidence of a trade …-off between bank competition and stability, and bank competition seems to foster banks'' willingness to lend …

associated with a specific bank. Our approach defines the banking system as a portfolio of banks and infers the system …

We examine changes in bank credit across a wide range of emerging market economies during the last decade. The rich …

This study examines the effect of financial-sector reform on bank performance in selected Middle Eastern and North … African (MENA) countries in the period 1994 -2008. We evaluate bank efficiency in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon and Tunisia … bank specific variables on bank efficiency. Overall, the analysis shows that, despite similarities in the process of …

This manual addresses problem bank resolution from the time a bank is identified as being in financial trouble through … own closing processes. The book draws on the author's lengthy career as a bank liquidator for the Federal Deposit … bank failures; the importance of public and media relations; measures and procedures used by a supervisory authority to …