allocation in emerging markets. We investigate the impact of the mode of foreign entry (greenfield or takeover) on banks …

We propose a new method for measuring the quality of banks credit portfolios. This method makes use of information …

. For an international sample of banks, this paper investigates the impact of government indebtedness and deficits on bank …Deteriorating public finances around the world raise doubts about countries’ abilities to bail out their largest banks … stock prices and CDS spreads. Overall, bank stock prices reflect a negative capitalization of government debt and they …

an international sample of 1334 banks in 101 countries leading up to the 2007 financial crisis. Expansion into non … can offer some risk reduction at commonly observed low levels of non-deposit funding. A sizeable proportion of banks …

This paper analyzes the relationship between banks’ divergent strategies toward specialization and diversification of … financial activities and their ability to withstand a banking sector crash. We first generate market-based measures of banks … probability of a sharp decline in a bank’s stock price conditional on a crash in a banking index. Subsequently, the impact of (the …

Abstract: Banking crises involve periods of persistently low credit and economic growth. Banks’ balance sheets are then …

in competition will have a larger impact on banks’ fragility in countries with stricter activity restrictions, lower …