Institutional Diversity in Banking
Small Country, Small Bank Perspectives
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Beschreibung
This book offers a comparative analysis of how post-crisis restructuring has affected the evolution and prospects of small, locally-oriented banks. The discussion focuses specifically on “small” European countries; that is, countries with diversified banking systems, with a strong presence of cooperative and other forms of local banks. Such countries include highly developed economies like Italy and emerging European economies, such as Poland. The authors stress the unique importance of local banks in generating credit for both households and firms, and hence in contributing to overall economic growth. Chapters cohere around the argument that although smaller banks fared better than their larger counterparts the recent financial crisis, they have been directly and indirectly discriminated against in post-crisis restructuring schemes, and, as such, face many operational and strategic challenges today. The contributors are a distinguished group of researchers with expert knowledge of the competitive positions of and opportunities for locally oriented banks, who combine theoretical and empirical perspectives on these topics.
This book offers a comparative analysis of how post-crisis restructuring has affected the evolution and prospects of small, locally-oriented banks. The discussion focuses specifically on “small” European countries; that is, countries with diversified banking systems, with a strong presence of cooperative and other forms of local banks. Such countries include highly developed economies like Italy and emerging European economies, such as Poland. The authors stress the unique importance of local banks in generating credit for both households and firms, and hence in contributing to overall economic growth. Chapters cohere around the argument that although smaller banks fared better than their larger counterparts the recent financial crisis, they have been directly and indirectly discriminated against in post-crisis restructuring schemes, and, as such, face many operational and strategic challenges today. The contributors are a distinguished group of researchers with expert knowledge of the competitive positions of and opportunities for locally oriented banks, who combine theoretical and empirical perspectives on these topics.
Explores the role of small banks in lending activities for SMEs Focuses on Poland and Central and East European Countries (CEE) as well as other European countries with a strong presence of cooperative banks Presents new evidence on how competitive market structure and bank characteristics affect the stability and efficiency of banking sectors Written from the post-crisis perspective Features case studies from Poland and Finland
Autor*in
Ewa Miklaszewska
Themen in »Institutional Diversity in Banking«
Bank efficiency Bank stability Banking regulation Bank business models Financial crisis Bank competition Banking confidence Cooperative banks Commercial banks Savings banks Bank restructuring Building Societies Banking in Finland Banking in Poland Central and Eastern Europe