This paper uses unique bank-by-bank balance sheet and income statement information to investigate the intermediation … efficiency in the Nigerian pre-consolidated banking sector during 2000-05. The author analyzes whether the Central Bank of …

of countries. Finally, it presents a detailed case study of the governance arrangements in place at the Development Bank …

This study adopts a practical approach in developing a set of guidelines on designing a bank resolution framework and … implementing efficient bank resolution methods in Latin America. It identifies six pillars that are useful for establishing a bank … resolution framework. The study aims to guide policymakers choose from a set of bank resolution methods, by outlining their …

Profitability improvements after the privatization of a large state-owned bank might come at the expense of reduced … access to financial services for some groups, especially the rural poor. The privatization of Tanzania's National Bank of … Commerce provides a unique episode for studying this issue. The bank was split into the "new" National Bank of Commerce, a …

This paper examines the impact of bank regulations, concentration, inflation, and national institutions on bank net … interest margins using data from over 1,400 banks across 72 countries while controlling for bank-specific characteristics. The … data indicate that tighter regulations on bank entry and bank activities boost net interest margins. Inflation also exerts …

Theory makes ambiguous predictions about the effects of bank concentration on access to external finance. Using a …, the authors assess the effects of banking market structure on financing obstacles and the access of firms to bank finance …. The authors find that bank concentration increases financing obstacles and decreases the likelihood of receiving bank …

The authors study the impact of bank concentration, regulations, and national institutions on the likelihood of … (1) in more concentrated banking systems, (2) in countries with fewer regulatory restrictions on bank competition and …