-structure relationship because it stimulates both profitability and market share. Bank mergers in recent years have been successful because …

and examine the implications for bank risk. We find that banks use LLPs to manage the level and volatility of earnings … expected and unexpected losses that affects bank risk and profitability. …

We examine whether Fitch support ratings of US banks depend on bank size. Using quarterly data for the period 2004:Q4 … to 2012:Q4 and controlling for several factors that make large and small banks different, we find that bank size is …

In this study we disentangle two dimensions of banks' systemic risk: the level of bank tail risk and the linkage … between a bank's tail risk and severe shocks in the financial system. We employ a measure of the systemic risk of financial … bank characteristics are related to bank tail risk and systemic linkage. The interrelationship between bank characteristics …

This paper examines how credit risk affects bank lending and the business cycle. We estimate a panel Vector …, inflation, the short-term interest rate, bank lending, as well as loan loss provisioning by banks (as proxy for credit risk …). Our main findings are that: (i) bank lending and loan loss provisioning are important drivers of business cycle …