Despite the fact that processes of deregulation and concomitant prudential re-regulation have recently been a dominant feature in financial markets of both developed and developing countries, relatively little empirical work has been done on their impact on bank competition and performance. This paper examines the impact of financial sector reforms on the cost structure characteristics and on t...

This paper studies the equilibrium predatory practices that may arise when the borrowers have behavioral weaknesses. Rational lenders offer short term contracts that can be renewed at the cost of paying a penalty fee. We show how the optimal contracts depend on the degree of näıveté of the time inconsistent customers. Penalty fees have a dual role : they increase market share by providing a use...

the central cooperative banks occupy a crucial position in the pyramidal structure of agricultural cooperative banking system. they from the backbone of the agricultural credit structure and provide the vital line between the primary agricultural societies and the state apex cooperative bank functioning at the state level. the study is based on secondary data obtained from annual reports of edc...

â â â â  kangwon national university, south korea â â yonsei university, south korea â â  [1] â  kangwon national university, south korea â â â  abstract â  t his paper aims to understand the structure and determinants of international bank l ending among apec economies. specifically, this paper first aims to analyze whether australia canada japan chinese taipei and the united states, which are...

Micro…nance is typically associated with joint liability of group members. However, a large part of micro…nance institutions rather o¤ers individual instead of group loans. We analyze the incentive mechanisms in both individual and group contracts. Moreover, we show that micro…nance institutions o¤er group loans when the loan size is rather large, re…nancing costs are high, and competition betw...

This paper presents a theoretical model to describe the effects of default risk on international lending to LDC sovereign borrowers. The threat of defaults in international lending is shown to give rise to many characteristics of the syndicated loan market: (1) quantity rationing of loans; (2) LDC policies designed to enhance creditworthiness; (3) prevalence of short maturities on international...

The evidence of the recent years in the banking network of Iran indicates the increasing trend of nonperforming loans each year; thus, the main objective of the current study is to examine the impact of bank specific factors, esp. capital adequacy ratio on the NPLs. Six years dynamic panel data (2007-2012) of 19 banks are applied to scrutinize the relationship between capital adequacy ratio as ...

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