This paper focuses on efficiency measures of banks from six countries in Southeast and East Asia. We use a two-stage approach to study the post-crisis period 1999-2004. We first estimate technical efficiencies using Data Envelopment Analysis and test for cross-country differences. Efficiency...

This paper examines the impact of bank revenue diversification on the performance of banks in an emerging economy. Using a unique dataset with detailed information on non-interest income, our findings show that, conversely to studies on Western economies, a shift toward non-interest activities...

We investigate the determinants of net interest margins of Indonesian banks after the 1997/1998 financial crisis. Using data for 93 Indonesian banks over the 2001–2009 period, we estimate an econometric model using a pooled regression as well as static and dynamic panel regressions. Our...

Since the subprime crisis, the regulatory framework for bank regulation has undergone substantial changes with the release, in December 2010, of the Basel 3 document. The new framework reintroduces a simple capital ratio, the leverage ratio, which is added to the more sophisticated capital...

We investigate whether excess control rights of ultimate owners in pyramids affect banks׳ capital ratio adjustments. When control and cash flow rights are identical, to boost capital ratios banks issue equity without cutting lending. However, when control rights exceed cash flow rights, instead...