reviews the modernization of the banking sector and the development of competition within the sector, development of financial …

German banks tend to be less profitable than their foreign counterparts. This paper estimates the likely effect of the … phaseout of state guarantees for public sector banks, reviews the various ways in which public policy could contribute to their … restructuring, and discusses the various arguments for and against public involvement in banking. …

banking, capital markets, and insurance sectors and contribute to the identified vulnerabilities. According to official data …, banks are in general well capitalized, but the quality of capital is questionable, and loan loss provisioning may not fully …

-border exposures to foreign parent banks. The authorities proceeded with large public support to systemically important financial …

banking sector. The role of Iron Mercantile Exchange (IME) is explained under equity finance. The performance and soundness of … banks in Iran are analyzed. Finally, a framework for Iran’s financial stability is explained. Financial, operational …

emerging markets disaggregated by 11 banking centers. We find that bank exposures to a crisis country help predict bank flows …

ask whether public and private banks deployed resources freed up by reduced state preemption to increase credit to the … private sector. We find that even after liberalization, public banks allocated a larger share of their assets to government … securities than did private banks. Crucially, we also find that public banks were more responsive in allocating relatively more …

effectiveness of Cyprus’s banking regulatory and supervisory framework in place, and the resulting high degree of compliance with …

sector developments. The banking sector as a whole shows comfortable levels of capitalization and profits, having benefited …