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Bank performance in transition economies
May 15, 2007 09:54

This paper examines the performance of 515 banks in 16 transition economies for the years 1994-99 based on their public financial accounts. We first examine lending behaviour and probability distribution of bank profitability to determine whether these banks exhibit behaviour and performance associated with excessive risk-taking. While we do not find evidence of excessive risk-taking on average where there is significant progress in banking and related enterprise reforms, there may be a minority of poorly capitalised banks that do take excessive risks, particularly where progress in reform is less advanced.

Banking Sector No comments yet
Tags: bank, lending, risk, firm, tax, transition
What factors appear to drive private capital flows to developing countries? and how does official lending respond?
January 2, 2008 15:49

The authors study what drives private capital flows to developing countries, as well as the apparent response of official lending for the years 1978-97.

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Tags: private, capital, flows, developing, lending
Foreign Banks, Foreign Lending and Cross-Border Contagion: Evidence from the BIS Data
January 18, 2008 17:24

The article discusses the role of foreign banks and foreign lending in the CEE countries from the financial stability perspective using the data on international banking business.

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Tags: foreign, bank, lending, CEE