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How Do Insured Deposits Affect Bank Risk?: Evidence from the 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
Lambert, Claudia; Noth, Felix; Schüwer, Ulrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013
$100,000 to $250,000 per depositor and bank. For some banks, the amount of insured deposits increased significantly; for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128840
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Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Bank Lending: The Case of Ukraine
Talavera, Oleksandr; Tsapin, Andriy; Zholud, Oleksandr - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
Our study investigates the link between bank lending behavior and macroeconomic uncertainty. We develop a dynamic model … of a bank's value maximization that results in a negative relationship between loan to capital ratio and macroeconomic … in uncertainty is not uniform and depends on bank-specific characteristics. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068643
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Banking Competition, Good or Bad?: The Case of Promoting Micro and Small Enterprise Finance in Kazakhstan
Schäfer, Dorothea; Siliverstovs, Boriss; Terberger, Eva - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for Kazakhstan, and investigate which strategy contributes more to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068666
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Loan Loss Provision: Some Empirical Evidence for Italian Banks
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Alessi, Matteo; Colli, Stefano Di - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015
This paper uses data from a panel of more than 400 Italian banks for the period 2001 – 2012 to examine the main determinants of loan loss provision (LLP), which are classified as either discretionary (income smoothing, capital management,signalling) or non-discretionary (related to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196045
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Private Equity, Corporate Governance and Out-Performance of High-Growth Firms
Badunenko, Oleg; Karber, Moritz Fabien; Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
it differs from the effect of two other important types of financial investors: banks and non-bank financial firms. We … conclusions. The shareholding by PE and bank has influence on out-performance but only if either the PE investor or the bank hold … between 75 to 100 percent of firm's shares. The direction of the effect is opposite. PE has a positive, while bank has a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661265
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Private Equity, Corporate Governance and Out-Performance of High-Growth Firms
Badunenko, Oleg; Karber, Moritz Fabien; Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
it differs from the effect of two other important types of financial investors: banks and non-bank financial firms. We … conclusions. The shareholding by PE and bank has influence on out-performance but only if either the PE investor or the bank hold … between 75 to 100 percent of firm's shares. The direction of the effect is opposite. PE has a positive, while bank has a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128093
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Are Private Equity Investors Good or Evil?
Badunenko, Oleg; Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
The paper investigates the motives of activity (entry and exit) of Private Equity (PE) investors in European companies. Investment of a PE firm is not viewed unambiguously. First, it is claimed that PE investment is made for the sake of seeking short-term gains by taking control and utilizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963859
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Does the Tenure of Private Equity Investment Improve the Performance of European Firms?
Badunenko, Oleg; Baum, Christopher F.; Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
The paper investigates whether the presence and tenure of Private Equity (PE) investment in European companies improves their performance. Previous studies documented the unambiguous merit of a buyout during the 1980s and 1990s for listed firms in the US and UK markets. This study analyzes such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541302
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Are Private Equity Investors Good or Evil?
Badunenko, Oleg; Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
The paper investigates the motives of activity (entry and exit) of Private Equity (PE) investors in European companies. Investment of a PE firm is not viewed unambiguously. First, it is claimed that PE investment is made for the sake of seeking shortterm gains by taking control and utilizing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069139
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What's Banking Sector Concentration Got to Do with Private Equity Market?
Badunenko, Oleg; Deva, Saloni; Schäfer, Dorothea; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
The paper investigates the link between bank concentration and a country's buyout market. We perform a macro level … for the size of the buyout market. The elasticity ranges from 1 up to 3 percent depending on which bank concentration … measure is employed and what segment of buyout market we look at. We also find that bank concentration is irrelevant for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661263