regimes--a European Banking Charter (EBC)--could harness market forces to establish a level playing field for financial sector …

Over the last decade, Islamic banking has experienced global growth rates of 10-15 percent per annum, and has been … are present today in over 51 countries. Despite this consistent growth, many supervisory authorities and finance … challenges that countries will face as Islamic banking develops alongside conventional institutions. …

competitive conduct of financial institutions and banking system fragility. Using the Panzar and Rosse H-Statistic as a measure … for competition in 38 countries during 1980-2003, we present evidence that more competitive banking systems are less prone …

It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial … validity of this claim in the Indian context. The empirical evidence reveals that the Indian banking system operates under …

The recent wave of foreign investment in China's banks and the prospects of further opening of the banking sector under … stock of the involvement of foreign banks in the Chinese banking sector in the perspective of international experience … China appears to be well positioned to benefit from further opening of the banking sector to foreign investors …

banking, corporate, and public sectors show an improvement beginning in 2002–03, followed by a major deterioration since …