banks' dependence on individual bank managers as private information in the lending process declines. In this paper we argue … that this has two effects on banks, with opposing implications for banking stability. First, the hold-up problem between … bank managers and shareholders becomes less severe. Consequently, banks' capital structure needs to be less concerned with …

In this paper, we analyze the impact of banks' non-interest income share on risk in the German banking sector for the … on risk significantly differs depending on banks' overall business model. More specifically, we show banks with retail …-oriented business model such as savings banks, cooperative banks and other retail-oriented banks become significantly more stable if …

the literature, we include a large number of unlisted banks in our sample which represent the majority of banks in the EU …. We show that banks with high rates of loan growth are more risky. Moreover, we find that banks will become more stable if …, decreases with bank size possibly because large banks are more active in volatile trading and off-balance sheet activities such …

leverage, unlike the GK model. For a reasonably calibrated combination shocks to the net worth of banks and non-financial firms …