We use a unique data set that comprises each bank's bids in the Eurosystem's main refinancing operations and its … recourse to the LOLR facility (a) to derive banks' willingness-to-pay for liquidity through a one-week repo and (b) to show … that a bank's willingness-to-pay is a good indicator for the probability that this bank draws on the LOLR facility. Our …

financial institutions. First, we establish that age, gender, and education jointly affect the variability of bank performance …

in general, better capitalized and less leveraged banks have outperformed their peers, a finding that supports … policymakers' efforts to strengthen bank capitalization. …

banks and analyze whether efficiency measures yield consistent results according to five criteria between 1993 and 2004 …. Furthermore, our results show that accounting for systematic differences among commercial, cooperative and savings banks is … parametric methods. Thus, the implicit assumption of serial independence of bank production in most methods has an important …

We analyze the stability of efficiency rankings of German universal banks between 1993 and 2004. First, we estimate …

multiple technology regimes and group membership probabilities. The latter are conditioned on six bank traits of German banks …Banks continue to differ in many ways, for instance with respect to business models, growth strategies, or financial … and we identify four signifficantly different technology regimes. Only small, retail focused banks exhibit cost …

The paper discusses the question of whether financial participation of multilateral development banks does prompt … private investors to inject more risky equity capital in emerging market banks. Using a theoretical model, it is stipulated … International Finance Corporation (IFC) and/or the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is related – applying a …

The paper investigates the factors crucial in the locational decisions of multinational German banks in selected … variables of macroeconomic and financial sector risk along with measures of bank-client integration and host country market … characteristics. Results indicate that FDI by non-banks exerted a strong pull effect on banking FDI flows, as did highly developed …

financial institutions. First, we establish that age, gender, and education jointly affect the variability of bank performance …