Banking across borders has risen substantially over the past two decades. Yet there is significant heterogeneity in the international and global activities of banks across countries. This paper develops and tests a theoretical model that explains this variation from an international trade theory...

The recent banking crisis has revealed the existence of strong resiliency factors in the retail banking business model. On average, retail banks suffered less than other financial institutions from unexpected market changes. This paper proposes a new methodology to measure retail banks’...

In der Studie werden die makroökonomischen Bedingungen in afrikanischen Ländern südlich der Sahara erläutert und die aktuellen Entwicklungen und Trends im Bankensektor der Region im Überblick erörtert. Dabei gehen die Autoren auf die Herausforderungen und Chancen ein, die sich für den...