bankrupt firm’s main creditor (a bank) to influence the auction outcome. Rules prevent the bank from bidding directly. However …, the bank often finances a bidder in the auction, relaxing liquidity constraints. We show that the optimal bid strategy for … a bank-bidder coalition mimics the monopolist sales price. In the region where the bank’s debt is impaired, this optimal …

financial institutions. First, we establish that age, gender, and education jointly affect the variability of bank performance …

We examine the effect of the social networks of bank directors on board gender diversity and compensation using a … are significant differences in the size and gender composition of social networks of male vs female bank directors. We … also find that samegender networks play an important role in determining the gender composition of bank boards. Finally, we …

minimum standard is unlikely to exhibit adverse consequences for credit supply and bank profitability … profitability of German banks and their capacity to lend. With a NSFR-model that is partially calibrated against reported NSFRs, we …

-financial firms. In contrast, we find that bank stock prices increase. Cross sectional regressions show that the discretion embedded … in the supervisory control of bank mergers is a major determinant of the positive bank stock returns. This suggests that …

bank monitors borrowers more intensively, rations the amount of credit less frequently and hence may go bankrupt with …

charged already higher interest rates to their borrowers after controlling for other bank specific characteristics and general …