We survey 149 leading academic researchers on bank capital regulation. The median (average) respondent prefers a 10 … strongly an expert believes that higher capital requirements would increase the cost of bank lending. …

and turbulence accompa-nied by repeated bank crises. However, governments in many transition countries learned from these … tumultuous experiences and eventually dealt successfully with the accumulated bad loans and lack of strong bank regulation. In … addition, rapid progress in bank privatiza-tion and consolidation took place in the late 1990s and early 2000s, usually with …

and turbulence accompa-nied by repeated bank crises. However, governments in many transition countries learned from these … tumultuous experiences and eventually dealt successfully with the accumulated bad loans and lack of strong bank regulation. In … addition, rapid progress in bank privatiza-tion and consolidation took place in the late 1990s and early 2000s, usually with …

We examine the relationship between the number of bank relationships and firms’ performance, evaluating possible … listed and for which bank debt is a major source of financing. In the sample, 4 percent of the firms have a single bank … as the number of bank relationships increases, with a stronger relationship for small firms than for large firms. We also …