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Bank Capital, Liquidity Creation and Deposit Insurance
Fungáčová, Zuzana - 2012
This paper examines how the introduction of deposit insurance influences the relationship between bank capital and liquidity creation. As discussed by Berger and Bouwman (2009), there are two competing hypotheses on this relationship which can be influenced by the presence of deposit insurance....
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Excessive Takeover Premiums Paid by Acquiring Banks Controlled by Mutual Banks : The Case of Crédit Agricole–Crédit Lyonnais
Lobez, Frédéric - 2012
In France, mutual banks played a key role during the recent period of consolidation of the banking industry because … went public to raise the capital needed to finance this megadeal. However, there are conflicts of interest between … interest in the banking industry between minority shareholders and controlling shareholders of the bidder appear particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105518
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Cost efficiency of Belgian banks during the 90s
Weill, Laurent - In: Brussels Economic Review 49 (2006) 1, pp. 21-36
This paper aims to analyze the cost efficiency of Belgian banks for the period 1992-2000. Efficiency is measured with stochastic frontier approach. Our results are: (a) Efficiency level of Belgian banks is about 72%, meaning the existence of strong potential gains in cost efficiency for Belgian...
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