sources of efficiency and productivity of the foreign and domestic banks operating in the Malaysian banking sector. The … attributed to technological progress. The empirical findings suggest that both the domestic and foreign banks have exhibited …

In the traditional banking model, loans play a dominant role in banks' operations. Loan portfolio quality is the main … generator of banks' results. In the periods of best results, as well as in times of worst performance of banks' operations, the …

We study the effect of board governance in state-owned and private banks by undertaking a study of commercial banks in … exhibiting a significant positive correlation with the performance of private banks and a significant but negative correlation … with the performance of state-owned banks. The effect of CEO duality is negative in state-owned banks where incidence of …

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficiency of the banks in Lithuania by employing the DEA method and … that better results are demonstrated by the local banks. The technical efficiency analysis based on the CRS assumption … shows other results: the banks owned by the Nordic parent group and the branches have higher pure efficiency than local …

The aim of the paper is to discuss key challenges facing central banks due to evolution of payment systems. The author … banks in national payment systems, namely their role as operators, oversight authorities and catalysts. The second question … results of the author's survey, which was conducted among central banks of eleven countries. The research leads to the …

and Eastern Europe and we analyze the implications of the recently observed sharp expansion of foreign banks in the …

We investigate the association between banks' credit expansion and loan loss reserves on a panel of banks from 11 new … in banks' risk aversion being associated with a supply shift. As the existence of loan commitments may lead to … overlending, we expect that banks with a higher share of unused committed credit lines are more prone to subsequent increase in …

evidence on Swiss banks to assess both benefits and costs. The analysis yields two main conclusions. The long-run economic …