Restructuring and Development of the Banking Sector in Poland. Lessons to be Learnt by Less Advanced Transition Countries [PDF]
The banking sector in transition economies deserves a special attention of policy makers and the public. The first reason for this attention is that financial intermediation plays a special role in an economy: it channels financial savings of enterprises
Andrzej Bratkowski, Ewa Balcerowicz
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The spread of non‐native species
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock +16 more
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The challenge of phasing-out fossil fuel finance in the banking sector. [PDF]
Rickman J +5 more
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Banking market structure, financial dependence and growth: international evidence from industry data [PDF]
This paper explores the empirical relevance of banking market structure on growth. There is substantial evidence of a positive relationship between the level of development of the banking sector of an economy and its long-run output growth.
Michele Gambera, Nicola Cetorelli
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The impacts of biological invasions
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Strategic Attributes and Organizational Performance: Toward an Understanding of the Mechanism Applied to the Banking Sector. [PDF]
Tang H +4 more
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Financial Sector Deepening and Economic Growth: Evidence from Turkey [PDF]
This paper analyzes the effects of financial sector deepening on economic growth using a province-level data set for 1996-2001 on Turkey. This period is associated with a weakly regulated and relatively unsupervised expansion of the banking sector which ...
Ardic, Oya Pinar, Damar, H. Evren
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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Profitability determining factors of banking sector: Panel data analysis of commercial banks in South Asian countries. [PDF]
Yuan D +4 more
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