This study focuses on the role of financial development in the economic growth of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European (CESEE) countries in the post-communist era (1995–2014), which coincides with the opening up of financial markets to foreign investors and the global financial crisis....

We investigate whether foreign ownership in the banking sector is a key determinant of its stability in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European (CESEE) countries, as there is no consensus in the current literature on emerging markets. To this end, we introduce a financial strength index...

In this paper, we investigate the credit growth of foreign-owned banks in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe from 2000 to 2014. We intend to show whether foreign capital in the banking sector should be treated as a monolith, as it currently is in the literature. To this end, we analyse...

Purpose: The goal of the paper is to analyse the determinants of the level of ROE (return on equity) for two groups of banks, interrelated by capital links, and their banking sectors.Methodology: For the case study, we chose companies that, in 2011–2013, were designated by the Financial...

We empirically analysed the costs of bank restructuring measures undertaken in the EU countries during recent global financial crisis under the state aid framework. With a unique dataset from over 80 bank case studies in 2008-2014, we modeled the determinants of bailout costs and ranked the cost...

On 23 June 2010, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank and SUERF jointly organised a conference on "The Future of Banking in CESEE after the Financial Crisis", incorporating the SUERF Annual Lecture, delivered by Manfred Schepers, Vice President, Finance at the European Bank for Reconstruction and...

The paper is devoted to the safety net in the European Union with special interest on issues important for the new EU Members, where foreign capital is controlling a significant part of the sector of the financial intermediaries. We analyzed the current structure of the safety net in 25...

W artykule zaprezentowano wyniki badania ankietowego przeprowadzonego metodą CATI na 200 respondentach na przełomie stycznia i lutego 2008 r. Badanie dotyczyło korzystania przez Polaków z usług finansowych. Jak wskazują wyniki badań, Polacy są tradycjonalistami jeśli chodzi o...

This survey conducted in Poland was the first in-depth one of non-commercial character. It was conducted in July 2007 on a quota sample covering people in the age bracket 18-75 years. The executed survey confirmed that factors explaining financial exclusion in Poland are the same like for social...

The issue of global systemically important financial institutions (G-SIFIs) is relatively new in the literature. In the case of systemically important insurance (G-SIIs) identification methodology was prepared and announced recently. The objective is to prove that the proposal for the insurance...