Comparative International Characteristics of Banking

This paper compares key characteristics of banking systems across countries. A basic premise underlying our review is that the increasing globalization of banking and finance mandate a broad, cross-country perspective on banking issues. Indeed, cross-country comparisons can add insight into basic issues in banking that may not emerge, or are only partially discernible, from single-country analyses. With this in mind, we review representative research dealing with four fundamental aspects of international banking: the structure of banking, with emphasis on the connection between the development of the banking system and economic growth; banking industry performance; banking regulation, supervision, and corporate governance; and banking crises. We augment each of these discussions with an examination of the cross-country "landscape" of key dimensions of banking, using data for over 50 countries.

Author: Office of the Comptroller of the Currenc

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Dec 31, 2014

Number of Pages: 80 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1505299802

ISBN-13: 9781505299809