The Chinese banking sector has gone through a consistent process of the reform which includes liberalization of the business to foreign banks, privatization and listing bank shares, allowing diversifications into intermediary business beyond the traditional deposit and loan activities. In the mean time, the changing structures of the banking sector and the favourable economic condition in the r...

Despite the growing importance of privatization in economic reform programs, little is known about its empirical effects on wages. Using individual-level data from Mexico, I estimate the effects of privatization on industry wages in four cases: the commercial airlines, Teléfonos de México, Siderúrgica Mexicana, and the commercial banks. I find that: (1) privatization is associated with statisti...

For Iran as an oil exporter country, heavy reliance on the extractive sector for generating fiscal revenues and export earnings translates into increased vulnerabilities to oil price shocks. The structure of the economic policy, and the   banking systems make macroprudential policy a particular relevant tool for Iran. The capital adequacy is a macro prudential instrument used to maintain the st...

A Sound Banking System is essential for the future growth of any economy. In India, among the banking institution in the organized sector, the commercial banks are the oldest institutions having a wide network of branches, commanding utmost public confidence and having the lion’s share in the total banking operations. The Financial Sector Reforms were implemented in our country during 1991-92 w...

present paper intends to measure the determinants of performance of indian financial sector. the performance variables of banking sector and microfinance institutions in india are studied over a study period of six years i.e. 2006-07 to 2011-12. the financial sector of india is gaining strength over the years and its contribution to growth is overwhelming. banks are considered the main componen...

In this paper we re–examine banks’ lending behavior taking into account changes in the stance of monetary policy in conjunction with changes in financial sector uncertainty. Using a very large data set covering all banks in the US between 1979–2000, we show that financial sector uncertainty plays an important role in banks’ lending decisions: for a given size classification, less liquid banks (...