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This paper deals with the issue of how the market structure in banking affects the choice of means of payment. In … incentive to restrict the number of ATMs to a minimum. In general, the number of ATMs depends on competitiveness in the banking …
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This theoretical paper explores screening with loan collateral when both the collateral value and the probability of project success fluctuate. Some model versions challenge the classic findings of Bester (1985) by showing that high-risk borrowers may in such case be more willing to pledge...
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Measuring value creation by comparing the RAROC of an exposure (the return on risk capital) with a single institution-wide hurdle rate is inconsistent with the standard theory of financial valuation. We use asset pricing theory to determine the appropriate hurdle rate for such a RAROC...
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related to multiple and changing equilibria. Results from applying the model to US and five major European banking sectors …
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This paper presents evidence on the impact of managers on cost efficiency in banking. Stochastic frontier analysis is …
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gives a brief description of the evolution of the Finnish banking crisis and its handling. In the first section, the salient … features of the Finnish banking system are described. We then briefly discuss the liberalization process, macroeconomic and … banking crisis. The list of references is by no means exhaustive, and it is designed mainly to help foreign readers to find …
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firms that are facing solvency shocks. We apply their framework to banking and extend the framework to admit the analysis of …
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theoretical background for the regulation of financial institutions, especially insurance and banking companies, and, finally …
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This paper tests market power in the banking industry. Price-cost margins predicted by different oligopoly models are … paper is among the first to apply this methodology on a detailed, bank-level dataset from the retail banking sector. It …
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In the discussion paper, we employ data on industry-specific corporate sector bankruptcies over the time period from 1986 to 2003 and estimate a macroeconomic credit risk model for the Finnish corporate sector. The sample period includes a severe recession with significantly higher-than-average...
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