Using data for the period 1995-96 to 1999-2000, this paper seeks to identify the factors influencing spreads of Scheduled Commercial Banks in India. Among the explanatory variables, we incorporate, in addition to the standard set of variables, regulatory requirement variables. Our analysis...

The paper traces the determinants of depositor discipline in Indian banking. Using data for the period 1997:1 to 2002:4, the findings reveal that, while bank-specific factors are dominant in case of state-owned banks, systemic variables tend to overwhelm bank-specific factors in explaining...

The current crisis has revealed the weaknesses of the global financial in general and its banking system in particular, put forward a requirement for assessing the effectiveness and stability of the banking sectors across countries. Based on available data from 64 countries over the world, the...

Policy makers often decide to liberalize foreign bank entry but at the same time restrict the mode of entry. We study how different entry modes affect the interest rate for loans in a model in which domestic banks possess private information about their incumbent clients but foreign banks have...

The dominance of foreign capital in banking sector in the CEE countries created vulnerabilities that have been a contributing cause of recent financial crisis in the region. The question is whether the corporate governance structure of banks seemed to constrain or rather stimulate the potential...

The article analyses an approach to construction of the mathematical model for the bank based upon set theory and abstract algebra. It is shown that selection of correspond algebraic structure for simulation is influence directly on basis of methods for solving engineering and economical...

The paper reviews some concepts of structural-morphological analysis and its application to the formal description of banking institutions activity. This research develops the synthetic approach based upon ideas of system dynamics, elements of structural linguistics, and Propp's morphological...

This paper presents an overview of some general concepts and techniques of an adequacy estimation of simulation models of the banking business processes. A proposal on specific requirements for computer simulation models to banking activity re-engineering and optimization is formulated.

This study extends the literature on the determinants of NPL. I investigate whether banks anticipate non-performing loans by making balance sheet adjustments. This study draws insights into the actions taken by credit risk management teams and bank managers to minimize the size of non-performing...

In this study, we test whether bankers make more loans when they enjoy superior creditor protection. We test these hypotheses using bank-level data from 35 developed countries and 113 developing countries over the period 2000-2006 and using a random-effects model that controls for bank...