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- Banking Sector Problems: Causes, Solutions and Consequences
- This paper reveals that the fundamental cause of the new bank crisis was the inappropriate credit policies of the commercial banks, exacerbated by various external shocks. The central bank began to intervene very quickly but only after the bank crisis occurred. Although many banks failed, it is not possible to...
- White papers 2000-03-01
- Foreign Banks: Another Look
- This paper follows a previous study completed in early 2000 and reviews the effects of foreign entry on the banking market, using the results of written and oral interviews and balance sheet data. The main findings are that foreign banks have played a major role in increasing competition, bank efficiency...
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Privatization, Foreign Bank Entry and Bank Efficiency: A Fourier-Flexible Function Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis
- This paper estimates a Fourier-flexible frontier cost function. Specification tests indicate that the stochastic frontier model with a Fourier- flexible form with a truncated normal distribution of the inefficiency term allowing for time varying technical efficiency is preferred. The results show that new private and privatized banks, contrary to some...
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Efficiency of Banks: A DEA Approach
- An understanding of a bank's relative efficiency is important for analysts, practitioners and policymakers alike. This paper analyzes the bank efficiency in using Data Envelopment Analysis. It finds that foreign-owned banks are on average most efficient, that the new banks are more efficient than the old ones, and that smaller...
- White papers 2002-02-01
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- EIB signs loan guarantee for Croatian pipeline
- The European Investment Bank EIB of the EU has signed a [??]190 million loan agreement with Croatian state gas company Plinacro to build interconnections with neighboring EU member states and potential candidates. The loan will help finance a [??] 450 million project to install 930 km of new high pressure...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- EU/WESTERN BALKANS: WORLD BANK APPROVES ALBANIAN, CROATIAN TRANSPORT PROJECTS.(Brief Article)
- The World Bank has approved two transport projects for countries in the Western Balkans. One, approved on July 8, is a USD156.5 million loan designed to increase Croatia's trade competitiveness by improving conditions for passenger and freight traffic at the port of Rijeka. The idea is...
- Research articles 2003-07-17
- Banco de Chile lists ADRs in New York
- THE AMERICAS Banco de Chile, the largest private sector bank in Chile, has launched an American depositary receipt facility on the New York Stock Exchange. The bank commands a 20% market share in Chile's financial system following its merger earlier this year with Banco de A. Edwards. The merger allowed...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
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