Die Verfasser setzen sich kritisch mit dem polnischen Weg der Transformation des Bankenwesens auseinander, der als "Konsolidierung vor Privatisierung" beschrieben werden kann. Sie stellen zunächst die Struktur des polnischen Bankensektors im Vergleich zu Ungarn und der Tschechischen Republik...

To investigate the impact of bank privatization in transition countries, we take the largest banks in six relatively advanced countries, namely, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. Income and balance sheet characteristics are compared across four bank ownership...

Over the last decade, Hungary has experienced more foreign bank entry than any country in world, starting with foreign greenfield operations and then followed by the privatization of four of its largest banks to strategic foreign owners. Currently about two thirds of all banking assets in...

Chinese banks suffer from serious financial fragility manifested by high proportions of non-performing loans and low capital-adequacy ratios. A key policy introduced recently by the Chinese government to reduce financial risks is the establishment of four asset management companies (AMCs) for...