. While the dominant view sees a detrimental impact of competition on the stability of banks, this view has recently been … issue based on a large sample of Russian banks over the period 2001-2007 and employ the Lerner index as the metric of bank …

This paper considers whether local bank participation exerts an impact on the spreads for syndicated loans in Russia …. Following Berger, Klapper and Udell (2001), we test whether local banks possess a superior ability to deal with information … studies, we distinguish foreign banks with a local presence from those without such presence. The intuition here is that a …

has, however, contributed to a decrease in the capital adequacy ratio, thus influencing the ability of banks to cope with … risk. Using quarterly data spanning from 1999 to 2007 on all Russian banks, we investigate the relationship between bank … characteristics and risk-taking by Russian banks. The analysis of financial ratios reveals that, on average, the risk levels are still …

This paper examines the extent to which the observed diversity of private deposit interest rates in Russia is explained … depositors demanding higher deposit interest rates from banks with risky financial policies. This discipline seems stronger than … in developed countries. Our study suggests also that the risks taken by banks increased after introducing the deposit …

The aim of this paper is to analyze bank competition in Russia by measuring the market power of Russian banks and its … period studied. The mean Lerner index for Russian banks is of the same magnitude as those observed in developed countries … power for state-controlled banks nor less market power for foreign-owned banks. Finally, our analysis of the determinants of …

measuring recapitalization costs is not unproblematic, systems dominated by state-owned banks (Russia, Belarus) appear to have …This study focuses on comparing and assessing the policy measures Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus took in …-border capital inflows, Kazakhstan was most affected by, and reacted most intensively to, the subprime turmoil, followed by Russia …

ownership structure. Using unique bank-level data covering Russia's entire banking sector for the 1999–2007 period, we find that … operations differs across state-controlled, domestic-private and foreign-owned banks. At the same time, the influence of …

ownership structure. Using a unique bank-level data covering Russia’s entire banking sector for the 19992007 period, we find … operations differs across state-controlled, domestic-private and foreign-owned banks. At the same time, the influence of …

the Chinese banks, as the good results may have been artificially created with massive government support and the …Since China joined the WTO in 2001, the pressure for bank reforms has mounted as China ought to fully open up its … financial market to foreign competition by 2006. Efficiency is key for domestic banks to survive in a liberalised environment …