This paper investigates the impact of banks' political connections on their ability to collect deposits under two different deposit insurance regimes (blanket guarantee and limited guarantee). We estimate a simultaneous equations model of supply and demand for funds using quarterly data for...

This paper examines the link between financial and economic development at the regional level in the Philippines and focuses on the role played by rural banks in regional economic activity. We apply cointegration panel data analysis on regional banking and economic data for the period 1993 to...

This paper assesses the implications on bank interest margins of the expansion into non-traditional fee-based activities in European banking. We use a sample of 602 European commercial and cooperative banks from 1996 to 2002 and consider the total income shares of trading income and commission...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between bank risk and product diversification in the changing structure of the European banking industry. Based on a broad set of European banks for the period 1996-2002, our study shows that banks expanding into non-interest income...

This paper questions the relevance of using only the 5-year maturity CDS spreads to examine the CDS market response to the disclosure of a regulatory stress test results. Since the stress testing exercises are performed on short-term forward-looking stressed scenarios (1 to 3 years), we assume...

We empirically investigate whether bank bondholders value bank managerial ability, measured as risk-return efficiency, when pricing bond spreads. We find, based on a sample of 1,924 bonds issued by 67 European listed banks, for the period 2002-2011, evidence that bank managerial ability affects...

This paper examines the link between banking industry structure and economic activity at the regional level in the Philippines. We apply a principal component analysis on regional banking and economic data for the period 1993 to 2005. We ranked the sixteen regions in three different groups...

This paper examines the link between banking and economic development at the regional level in the Philippines and focuses on the role played by rural banks on economic activity. A cointegration panel data analysis is applied for the sixteen Philippine regions from 1993 to 2005. When using...

We examine how banks perceive and price related party transactions (RPTs) into the cost of debt for borrowers affiliated with a business group. For this, we use a unique dataset that brings together information on RPTs, ownership structure, and syndicated loans of Asian firms. Our results show...

This paper examines the link between banking industry structure and economic activity at the regional level in the Philippines. We apply a principal component analysis on regional banking and economic data for the period 1993 to 2005. We ranked the sixteen regions in three different groups...