We study whether bank efficiency is related to bank ownership in Russia. We find that foreign banks are more efficient … than domestic private banks and - surprisingly - that domestic private banks are not more efficient than domestic public … banks. These results are not driven by the choice of production process, the bank's environment, management's risk …

participation of foreign banks. By 2005, the banking sectors in many transition countries had developed sufficiently to provide a … wide range of services with solid bank performance. Recently, banks have switched their focus from lending to enterprises …

-in-difference approach, we find that banks' financial stability has increased substantially subsequent to the institutional reforms. Further … effects of institutional reforms on bank risk are more pronounced for domestic banks than foreign banks. From the policy …

efficiency. Government banks are associated with lower profit efficiency. The efficiency gap between foreign banks, domestic … private banks and government banks, however, has narrowed over time. We also find that the degree of individual banks … efficiency of SEE banks is 68.59% and the average profit efficiency is 53.87%. The second-stage regressions on the determinants …

particular to households. At the same time, banks’ credit risk that results from nonbanks’ foreign exchange exposure has … significantly increased. Although in recent years (1) banks’ profitability has increased, (2) their share of nonperforming assets …

than 90% of total assets, with Austrian banks holding 43% thereof. Compared to other Central and Eastern European countries … and in particular to households has risen whereas lending to the general government has declined. Foreign currencies … continue to play an important role in the Croatian banking sector, in particular on the liabilities side of banks balance …

estimate of such banks’ combined market share by July 1, 2009 is suggested. We identify 53 state-controlled banks in Russia … federal-level executive authorities or the Central Bank of Russia. It also comprises banks effectively controlled by sub …This article relies on statistical and empirical data to develop a classification of state-influenced banks. An …

banks’ combined market share by July 1, 2009 is suggested. We identify 53 state-controlled banks in Russia, including state …-level executive authorities or the Central Bank of Russia. It also comprises banks effectively controlled by sub-federal (regional and … largest state-owned banks now constitute a de facto intermediate third tier of the banking system. Russia’s transition path …

diversification strategies and the risk-return tradeoff in banking. Our data set covers Russian banks during the 1999-2006 period and … finds somewhat mixed results. Specifically, we find that banks’ performance tends to be non-monotonically related to their … decreased risk only up to a certain threshold. Additionally, when foreign ownership is either very high or very low, banks tend …

analysis of the peculiarity of the Russian banking industry due to the high extent and institutional specificity of government … influence over banks are not limited to equity ownership with governance and other methods of control being employed as well and …