z-score), then apply the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to obtain the risk-return efficiency score for each bank …, and finally conduct ordered logit regressions of bank ratings on estimated risks, risk-return efficiency, and the inverse …This paper investigates whether there is any consistency between banks' financial strength ratings (bank rating) and …

lending beyond very short maturities virtually evaporated. Despite massive central bank support operations and purchases of … past major bank failures and why has it proved so hard to cure? This paper suggests that much of that answer lies in the … balance sheets of international banks and their customers. It outlines the basic building blocks of liquidity management for a …