Comparative International Characteristics of Banking

By Office of the Comptroller of the Currenc and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505299802
• ISBN13: 9781505299809
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"