when they have private information suggesting that the future profitability of the bank is likely to be strong. We find …Using data from bank holding company regulatory reports, we examine the relationshipbetween stock repurchases and … financial performance for a large sample of bank holding companies over the years 1987 to 1998. The primary result is that …

We address two questions: (i) Are bank capital structure and value correlated in the cross section, and if so, how? (ii …) If bank capital does affect bank value, how are the components of bank value affected by capital? We first develop a … dynamic model with a dissipative cost of bank capital that is traded off against the benefits of capital: strengthened …

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 …

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 …

and bank credit supply increases with pension cut legislation. Overall, the findings suggest states' budget cuts affect … bank values and credit supply through their municipal bond holdings. …

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