TY - JOUR AB - We examine the interactions of bank lending dynamics, ownership structures, and crisis phenomena in the banking systems of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Using a panel dataset of more than 400 banks for the period from 1994–2010, we show that the impact of ownership structure on a bank’s lending activities in CEE countries was conditional upon the type of crisis, namely, whether it was a host, home, global, or simultaneous crisis. In contrast, our evidence indicates that bank-specific characteristics, such as deposit growth and profitability ratios, are significant determinants of credit growth during both normal economic times and crisis periods, regardless of the crisis type. Moreover, we provide indirect evidence of the benefits of banking sector diversification dependent upon the criterion of parent banks’ country of origin. AU - Allen,F AU - Jackowicz,K AU - Kowalewski,O AU - Kozlowski,L DO - 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.05.001 EP - 515 PY - 2015/// SN - 0929-1199 SP - 494 TI - Bank lending, crises, and changing ownership structure in Central and Eastern European countries T2 - Journal of Corporate Finance UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.05.001 UR - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000394471500028&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/49896 VL - 42 ER -