The Central European banking industry is dominated by foreign-owned banks. During the recent crisis, for the first time since the transition, foreign parent companies were frequently in worse financial conditions than their subsidiaries. This situation created a unique opportunity to study new...

The Central European banking industry is dominated by foreign-owned banks. During the recent crisis, for the first time since the transition to a post-Communist era in this region, foreign parent companies were frequently in worse financial conditions than their subsidiaries. This situation...

This study applies the k-medoids methodology and identifies various banking business models according to asset combinations and funding sources. The study determines the effects of these models on bank risk-return profiles. We use all systemically important banks listed on the V-LAB list from...