Kouretas, Georgios P.; Tsoumas, Chris - In: Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and … 5 (2013) 2, pp. 103-123
This study examines whether the lowering interest-rate environment in CEE countries since the early 2000’s increased bank risk-taking behaviour. We employ 6,979 annual observations from the Bankscope database over the period 1997-2011 and find a positive relationship between bank risk-taking,...