We examine a large panel of more than 100 banks from Argentina to study the effects of bank consolidation on … performance between December 1995 and December 2000, a period of heavy bank consolidation and relative calm. Overall, we find a … positive and significant effect of bank consolidation on bank performance. Bank returns increase with consolidation, and …

Economic growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been impressive with GDP. The dominance of foreign-owned bank … unsettled conditions in the sector could weaken confidence in the financial system …

This report reviews the Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) given to Lebanon after the conflict with Israel in … economic toll on Lebanon. EPCA would provide an appropriate transition to 2008, when fiscal adjustment is envisaged to commence …

The Selected Issues paper of Lebanon provides an update of the vulnerability assessment based on the balance sheet … to international interest rate shocks, summarizes the methodology used to derive confidence intervals around the path of … the debt ratio in the staff’s adjustment scenario, and provides an assessment of Lebanon’s competitiveness from a …

This Report on the Interim IMF Staff Visit to Lebanon provides information on economic and policy developments since …

Lebanon recovered from the financial shock triggered by Prime Minister Hariri’s assassination. Executive Directors …

This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic developments in Lebanon in 2006 were significantly affected …

This Report assesses the Observance of Standards and Codes on Fiscal Transparency for Lebanon. There appears to be …

The report highlights IMF's projections and estimates of Lebanon's central government operations, revenue and grants …, and expenditure by economic classification, government debt, monetary survey, commercial bank interest rates on Lebanese …