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failures neglect the ordinal nature of bank distress. Exploiting the distress database of the Deutsche Bundesbank we … distinguish four different distress events that banks experience. Only the worst entails a bank to exit the market. Weaker orders … of distress are, first, compulsory notifications of the authorities about potential problems, second, corrective actions …
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German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However, the success of bank mergers remains a continuous matter of debate. In this paper we suggest a taxonomy as how to evaluate post-merger performance on the basis of cost efficiency (CE). We categorise mergers a success that...
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We investigate the relationship between real estate markets and bank distress among German universal and specialized … bank distress (PDs). But higher prices at given rents may also indicate excessive expectations regarding the present value …
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This paper provides evidence for a significant relation between international financial markets' integration and output volatility. In the framework of a threshold model, it is shown empirically that this relation depends on country's financial risk. Financial risk indicates a country's ability...
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This study investigates the development of income-decreasing discretionary expenses surrounding CEO turnovers at banks. We expect incoming CEOs to take an earnings bath during the initial stage of their tenure. For a sample of German banks over the period 1993-2012, we document that (1) incoming...
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