...Vitor Branco Oliveira; Clara Raposo Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between regulation, market discipline and banking distress. Design/methodology/approach To address the empirical question put forward above, a multivariate logit model is applied to an international sample...

...Jeff Downing Purpose This paper aims to examine the interaction between fair-value accounting, asset sales and banks’ lending in booms and busts. Throughout, the author uses “fair value” and “mark-to-market” interchangeably, to denote an accounting regime where changes in the prices of banks...

...Hichem Hamza; Zied Saadaoui Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between the volume of investment deposits and capitalization of Islamic commercial banks. Design/methodology/approach Unlike current accounts holders, investment accounts holders may support part or all...

...Yong Tan; Christos Floros Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the determinants of bank performance in China. In particular, the paper examines the effects of stock market volatility, competition and ownership on bank performance in China. Design/methodology/approach The sample...

...Shrimal Perera; Michael Skully Purpose Since there is no agreement on the consistency of their estimates, the purpose of this paper is to investigate whether parametric stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) generate consistent bank efficiency...

...Wei‐Huei Hsu; Abdullah Mamun; Lawrence C. Rose Purpose This paper seeks to examine whether the market values the monitoring activity undertaken by a quality bank in the presence of a credit rating agency. Specifically, the question is asked whether the quality of a lead lending bank influences...

...Catarina Figueira; Joseph Nellis; David Parker Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cost efficiency of banks operating in two “non‐core” EU countries, Portugal and Spain, over a number of years. Specifically, the paper aims to examine the extent to which banks' efficiency...

...Fadzlan Sufian; Suarddy Parman Purpose The purpose of the present study is to provide empirical evidence on the factors that influence non‐commercial bank financial institutions (NCBFIs) profitability in a developing economy. Design/methodology/approach The least squares methods of random...

...A. Bitzenis; A. Misic; J. Marangos; Andreas Andronikidis Purpose The main objective of this paper is to critically examine the effects of the ongoing reform process on the overall functioning of Serbia's banking system. It is essential that this reform process bears fruit by developing a sound...

... the total factor productivity change, technological change, efficiency change, pure efficiency change and scale efficiency change indexes for the Turkish banks. In the second stage, utilizing the generalized least regression format, it examines the significance of the productivity differences between...