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 by means of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and we...

The banking systems of the EU-15 countries presents varied characteristics, including features from the Anglo-Saxon market based system and more bank-based system, prevalent in most of continental Europe. The pluralistic structure of EU banking systems, the varied nature of corporate governance...

International standards and norms in banking regulations have, once again, leapt to the forefront of policy discussions in developed nations due to the recent crisis in the world's financial markets. These discussions are not new, nor do they apply exclusively to the world's most advanced...

Using US bank holding company data for the period 2001 to 2007, this paper examines the relationship between banks' retained interests in securitisations and insolvency risk. We find that the provision of credit enhancements and guarantees significantly increases bank insolvency risk, albeit...

Despite the exorbitant cost of financial crises had highlighted the importance of early warning systems for financial fragility, existing models failed to signal warnings for the 2007-2010 crisis. Using a signal extraction framework and looking at OECD countries over a 27 year period, this paper...

In the context of the debate on increased integration of Eurozone banking markets, this paper evaluates the impact of the Single Market on bank productivity and assesses the cross-border benefits of integration in terms of technological spillovers. We utilise a parametric meta-frontier Divisia...

This study examines the effect of financial sector reform on bank performance in selected Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries in the period 1993-2006. We evaluate bank efficiency in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia by means of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and we employ a...