List of Figures<BR>List of Tables<BR>Notes on Editors<BR>1. Introduction<BR>Josef C. Brada, Paul Wachtel<BR>2. The Dark and the Bright Side of Global Banking: A (Somewhat) Cautionary Tale from Emerging Europe<BR>Ralph de Haas<BR>3. From Reputation amidst Uncertainty to Commitment under Stress: More than a Decade of Foreign-Owned Banking in Transition Economies<BR>John P. Bonin<BR>4. Banking Competition and Efficiency: A Micro-Data Analysis on the Czech Banking Industry<BR>Anca Pruteanu-Podpiera, Laurent Weill, Franziska Schobert<BR>5. Relationship Lending in Emerging Markets: Evidence from the Czech Republic<BR>Adam Geršl, Petr Jakubík<BR>6. Private-Sector Credit in Central and Eastern Europe: New (Over) Shooting Stars?<BR>Balázs Égert, Peter Backé, Tina Zumer<BR>7. The Boom in Household Lending in Transition Countries: A Croatian Case Study and a Cross-Country Analysis of Determinants<BR>Evan Kraft<BR>8. Are Weak Banks Leading Credit Booms? Evidence from Emerging Europe<BR>Natalia T. Tamirisa, Deniz O. Igan<BR>9. What Drives Bank Lending in Domestic and Foreign Currency Loans in a Small Open Transition Economy with Fixed Exchange Rate? The Case of Macedonia<BR>Jane Bogoev<BR>10. Do Foreign Banks Stabilize Cross-Border Bank Flows and Domestic Lending in Emerging Markets? Evidence from the Global Financial Crisis<BR>Ursula Vogel, Adalbert Winkler<BR>11. Risk Taking by Banks in Transition Countries<BR>Rainer Haselmann, Paul Wachtel<BR>12. The Sequence of Bank Liberalisation: Financial Repression versus Capital Requirements in Russia<BR>Sophie Claeys, Koen Schoors, Rudi Vandervennet<BR>13. Impact and Implementation Challenges of the Basel Framework for Emerging, Developing and Small Economies<BR>Jan Frait, Vladimír Tomšík<BR>Index<BR>?<BR>