this purpose, we measure the intermediation quality of a bank by estimating its profit and cost efficiency while taking the … “normal” and in “bad” times. These results provide evidence to the importance of swiftly restoring bank protability in euro … area crisis countries through addressing high non-performing loans ratios and decisive actions on bank recapitalization. …

In China, regional disparities are important. We examine the difference in the sensitivity of investment to cash flow … economic environments for inland firms. Our findings suggest that capital markets in China respond rationally to the potential …

this purpose, we measure the intermediation quality of a bank by estimating its profit and cost efficiency while taking the … “normal” and in “bad” times. These results provide evidence to the importance of swiftly restoring bank pro_tability in euro … area crisis countries through addressing high nonperforming loans ratios and decisive actions on bank recapitalization. …

The article presents results of research into territorial disparity of bank (branch) deployment for regions of Russia …. It is suggested that there have been three periods of bank development in the country. The Siberian Federal District has …

Regional inequality in China has attracted considerable scholarly attention, but the use of geographic information … statistical techniques to analyze changin patterns of regional inequality in China from 1978 to 2000. It also identifies the … changing clusters of regional development in China. We illustrate that regional inequality in China is sensitive to development …

This paper studies the bank-level (size and access to funds) and market-based (interest rate, inflation rate, GDP …) variables’ impact on bank lending behavior in Turkey using quarterly bank level data of 15 private commercial banks and 3 state …

that well-functioning credit markets would reflect a bank channel for monetary policy at work, we test whether a change in … and the associated change in interest rate does not affect change in bank credit, change in total debt and the proportion … of bank credit in total debt for any of the firms. We discuss the policy implications of the findings. …

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stipulated the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework in order to ensure the … adequacy of banks' internal control system and improve their quality. The PCA framework for Indian bank complies with the Core … Banking Principles laid down by the Bank for International Settlements BIS). The present study seeks to assess the adherence …