explaining efficiency differences. To foster banking sector performance, policies should be aimed at giving banks incentives to …

This paper studies why currency and monetary shock hit Indonesia's economy and banking sector so severely and the … measures that were taken to deal with the banking crisis, the lessons learned, and challenges faced in restructuring and … strengthening the banking system. The vulnerable state of the banking sector, in combination with exchange rate and interest rate …

capital ratios. Employing panel data techniques, and distinguishing between the competitive conduct of small and large banks …, we show that banks tend to hold higher capital ratios when operating in a more competitive environment. This result holds … when controlling for the degree of concentration in banking systems, inter-industry competition, characteristics of the …

This paper presents a new database on the timing of systemic banking crises and policy responses to resolve them. The … database covers the universe of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2007, with detailed data on crisis containment and …. The database extends and builds on the Caprio, Klingebiel, Laeven, and Noguera (2005) banking crisis database, and is the …

to the growth, stability, and efficiency of the Indonesian economy. The focus is on the banking system and securities … markets, which are the primary mechanisms for mobilizing savings and allocating investment funds. Five key policy issues are … highlighted: (1) the level of bank capitalization; (2) the supervision and regulation of banks; (3) the structure of banking …

We study versions of a general equilibrium banking model with moral hazard under either constant or increasing returns …