to design optimal compensation schemes. Using data from a foreign-owned bank in Central-East Europe, we find that the … differentiated incentive pay raises productivity, especially in the larger branches of the bank. However, it has mixed benefits for …

Empirical research about structure, conduct and performance in banking markets has developed mostly independently from … the microeconomic theory of banking. The present paper reviews the literature by focusing on the links between theoretical … policy special to the banking industry. It is shown that the competitive conditions are different in different market …

financial services, the number of U.S. bank branches has continued to increase steadily over time. Further, an increasing … lower bank-average deposits per branch and roughly equal volumes of small business loans per branch, but no reduction in net …-sized branch networks had lower bank-average deposits and small business loan volume per branch, but had lower net deposit costs …

This paper presents an empirical assessment of the degree of competition within the Jamaican banking sector during the … banks. Using usual statistical tests, we are unable to reject monopoly/perfect collusion for the banking market in Jamaica …

inconsistent regulation and a difficultbusiness environment characterise the overall situation of the Belarusian banking sector …. Inorder to improve the capability of the banking system to attract private savings a reform of thedeposit insurance system is …

banking market not only encourages weak management and X-inefficiency but also public ownership and state directed lending … reduced cost inefficiency and reduced X-inefficiency at a faster rate than rent-seeking inefficiency. -- Bank Efficiency …