particular, I find that a bank affiliated with a multi-bank holding company is significantly safer than either a stand-alone bank … or a bank affiliated with a one-bank holding company. Not only does affiliation reduce the probability of future … other banks. Moreover, the effects of affiliation are strengthened for an expanding bank holding company. However, the …

advisors to acquirers. In particular, the target earns higher abnormal returns when the target's own bank certifies the (more …. Second, acquirers predominantly use commercial bank advisors to obtain access to bank loans that may be used to finance the …. Moreover, the advising bank's recommendations may be distorted by considerations related to credit exposure incurred in both …

In moral hazard models, bank shareholders have incentives to transfer wealth from the deposit insurer - that is … value, and a risk measure, this paper develops a semi-parametric model for estimating the critical level of bank risk at …

had a measurable effect on the stock market valuation of the forty-two bank holding companies subject to the SEC order. I …

Using data from bank holding company regulatory reports, we examine the relationshipbetween stock repurchases and … financial performance for a large sample of bank holding companies over the years 1987 to 1998. The primary result is that … be driven primarily by bank holding companies with publicly traded stock, especially those companies whose stock is …

We use daily data on bank reserves and overnight interest rates to document a striking pattern in the high … interest rates at end each period. In this context, central bank's interest-rate-smoothing policy causes high supply liquid be …

, differences in the return on loans across countries, and impediments to foreign bank operations. Specifically, the model predicts … entry rise, a hypothesis supported by German bank-level data. This result suggests that policies that restrict the …

unsolicited deposit shocks resulting from unconventional energy development and estimate bank allocations of these deposits. In …