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

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 …

profitability. Banking system consolidation can play a role in facilitating such efficiency gains, but its effectiveness is likely …This paper examines the case for efficiency-driven banking sector consolidation in Italy, evaluates its potential … effects on profitability, and discusses policy options to facilitate a consolidation process that is as effective as possible …

The paper analyzes the efficiency and profitability of Japanese banks from 2000-06. It uses a non-parametric approach … regional banks being less cost and revenue efficient relative to both City and Trust banks. While Japanese bank profitability …, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to analyze banks'' cost and revenue efficiency. The results show that the performance …

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

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

accounting, during their first (partial) year in charge, (2) incoming CEOs from outside the bank take a larger earnings bath than …

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