We use data for more than 2,600 European banks to test whether increased competition causes banks to hold higher … capital ratios. Employing panel data techniques, and distinguishing between the competitive conduct of small and large banks …, we show that banks tend to hold higher capital ratios when operating in a more competitive environment. This result holds …

This study looks at the first two years of the banking crisis that erupted in Indonesia in late 1997. It finds that the … banking sector was weak at the outset, and that governance problems intensified the crisis and seriously delayed its … in the costs of resolution. By end-1999, the critical elements to reconstruct the banking system were in place, and the …

multivariate probability model-and their application to studying the determinants of banking crises. The use of these models to … provide early warnings for crises is also reviewed, as are studies of the economic effects of banking crises and of the …

arrangements were in place, which highlights the importance of building a suitable framework for preventing and managing banking …

This paper assesses compliance of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision in Spain. Significant …

cooperative banks in Cyprus. Credit risk appears as the main source of risk in the banking sector, with demand for real estate …Various indicators place Cyprus’s banking system soundness ahead of emerging countries but behind advanced economies …-based indicators, and stress tests. Cypriot commercial banks are weaker than their counterparts in Greece and also less stable than …

Drawing from a unique data set comprising 2,893 banks and 152 countries over the period 1987 to 2000, we test whether …

Did the occurrence of systemic banking crises in the 1990s and 2000s significantly alter the behavior of banks in the … literature-to post-crisis bank behavior. Using a panel dataset of commercial banks during the period 1990-2006, we analyze the …

A detailed assessment report on the observance of China’s compliance of Basel Core Principles for effective banking … supervision is presented. Regulation and supervision of China’s banking system has made impressive progress in the past few … years, led by an activist, forward-looking regulator, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, with a clear safety and …

should rise to support continued banking sector development. The system has weathered the global credit crunch that began in …