...Ahmad Shadab Khan; Shakeb Akhtar; Mahfooz Alam Purpose This study aims to investigate the efficiency of Indian commercial banks from 2002 to 2018 using the stochastic frontier analysis. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the parametric approach of the stochastic frontier to examine...

...Saibal Ghosh Purpose A host of studies have assessed the determinants of bank liquidity creation, highlighting the relevance of macroeconomic and microeconomic factors. However, whether and how social unrest impacts bank liquidity creation remains a moot issue. To inform this debate, this study...

...Tigist Abebe Desalegn; Hongquan Zhu; Dinkneh Gebre Borojo Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of economic policy uncertainty and bank competition on the financial stability of the Chinese banking industry. This study answers two fundamental questions. First, does economic policy...

...Matthew Flynn; Yufei Wu Purpose This study aims to provide a fresh look at banks as lenders in and extending past the COVID-19 crisis, with a particular focus on examining the results of recent work by Lei et al. (2020). Design/methodology/approach The authors’ replication, as well...

...Wenling Lu; Wan-Jiun Paul Chiou Purpose This study aims to examine the intertemporal changes in the institutional ownership of publicly traded bank holding companies (BHCs) in the USA. The role of owned-subsidiary investing in the portfolio decisions is investigated as compared to unaffiliated...

...Shrutikeerti Kaushal; Amlan Ghosh Purpose Understanding the role of financial intermediaries towards financial development and thereby the growth of an economy, this study aims to examine the long-run relationship between the development of banking and insurance sector and economic growth in India...

... sector’s ability to provide liquidity to the economy. Design/methodology/approach This study uses panel regressions on international banking data across 102 countries from Bankscope. Findings The results show that strong institutions and looser capital control in a country enhance the banks’ role...

...Clas Wihlborg Since the first Basel Capital Accord, Basel I, was issued in 1988 policy makers have relied on capital requirements and supervision as the primary instruments to limit banks’ insolvency risk. The Basel Committee has developed and refined its approach to calculating capital...

...Wenling Lu; David A. Whidbee Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of charter type (national vs state), holding company structure, and measures of bank fragility on the likelihood of bank failure during the late 2000s financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach The study estimates...

...Eric Osei‐Assibey; Baimba Augustine Bockarie Purpose The study aims to investigate the factors that influence banks' loan supply in Sierra Leone. More specifically, it seeks to look into the effects of risk premium, leverage ratio and credit risk on banks' loan supply in Sierra Leone. Design...

... “International comparisons of bank regulation, liberalization, and banking crises” The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award “Cross-border financial surveillance: a network perspective” Marco A. Espinosa-Vega and Juan Solé This article...

...Sherrill Shaffer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide the first empirical study of external economies (agglomeration economies) in the banking industry. Design/methodology/approach The author extends a standard specification of banking costs to control for community and market...

...Thomas D. Willett; Apanard P. Angkinand; Puspa Amri; Apanard P. Angkinand; Clas Wihlborg Purpose The recurrence of banking crises throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and in the more recent 2008‐09 global financial crisis, has led to an expanding empirical literature on crisis explanation...

... This article adds the perspective of interacting key secular trends in the structure of the banking and financial system with the latest regulatory initiatives. Paul Bennett can be contacted at: paulbbennett01@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Economic reform International...

...David Tripe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate use of efficiency analysis as a technique for investigating bank safely and soundness. Design/methodology/approach Three different data envelopment analysis (DEA) models were applied to set of data for the major New Zealand banks...

... for a deeper understanding of these interdependencies. The purpose of this paper is to analyze what macroeconomic shocks affect the soundness of the German banking system. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on a micro‐macro stress‐testing framework for the German banking system in which...

.../methodology/approach The paper employs aggregate banking, financial, economic, and legal environment data for a panel of 59 countries over the period 2002‐2006. It develops a comprehensive model to explain differences in the level of NPLs between countries. To assess the role of regulatory supervision...

...Raulin L. Cadet Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a model that studies the impact of a tightening monetary policy on banking failure in a developing country. Design/methodology/approach The interest rate on treasury bills is included in the model to measure monetary policy. Since...

...Allen N. Berger; Philip Ostromogolsky Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify which small businesses are most “debt sensitive”, or most likely to be affected by banking market conditions. Design/methodology/approach For the primary debt sensitivity categories, the paper hypothesizes...