The relationship between banks' capitalizations and risk-taking behaviors has been one of the central issues in the banking literature because of its implications on regulatory policies. Despite the fact that a considerable amount of studies have been conducted concerning the issue, neither...

We investigate the relationship between banks' capitalization and risk-taking behavior. The conventional wisdom is that well-capitalized banks are less inclined to increase asset risk, because the option value of deposit insurance decreases with capitalization. There are, however, at least three...

This paper provides a theoretical framework to investigate the relationship between banks' capitalization and risk-taking behavior. The conventional wisdom is that relatively well-capitalized banks are less inclined to increase asset risk, because the option value of deposit insurance decreases...

Korean Abstract: 자본충실도가 높은 은행이 고위험-고수익 사업에 투자하여 부실화될 수 있는 가능성은 은행이 론의 주요한 연구 대상이 되어 왔다. 만약 자본충실도가 높은 은행의 투자위험과 파산확률이 더 높다면, 이는...

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This study was based on the hypothesis that a fund manager has incentive to take more risk with funds to conceal his actual management ability. A theoretical model was built to test this hypothesis. According to the model, when a fund manager's ability is not observable, a poor fund manager may...

ABSTRACT: We analyze the impact of product bundling in experimental markets. One firm has monopoly power in a first market but competes with another firm in a second market. We compare treatments where the multiproduct firm (i) always bundles, (ii) never bundles, and (iii) chooses whether or not...