bias in corporate taxation. It is well known that this reform reduces bank leverage. This paper analyzes a novel … and deposit insurance influence the risk-taking effects of taxation …

Using evidence from Russia, we explore the effect of the introduction of deposit insurance on bank risk. Drawing on … variation in the ratio of firm deposits to total household and firm deposits before the announcement of deposit insurance, so as … to capture the magnitude of the decrease in market discipline after the introduction of deposit insurance, we demonstrate …

Insurance for natural hazards - earthquakes, hurricanes, or pandemics - is rarely comprehensively adopted without …. Efforts to close this insurance gap include the introduction of parametric (index) insurance products for various catastrophic … risks. We compare parametric to indemnity insurance in a simple model where the insurance company has superior information …

volatility of growth and profitability are bank-size dependent, and (iii) the relationship between growth and profitability of a … bank. Using a dynamic panel model estimated by GMM for a mixed sample of more than 1500 banks from 65 countries, we find no … evidence of persistence in bank growth. However, our findings suggest significant persistence in bank profitability. Moreover …

about the pass-through of monetary policy. On the one hand, negative rates could lead to declining bank profitability making … interest rates per se. This paper uses a large micro level data set of the German bank universe to examine how banks behave in … this uncharted territory. The evidence found suggests that bank’s business model, i.e. the share of overnight deposits …

the public, long-term systemic risk among banks tends to increase. From the dynamic perspective, bank penalties represent … long-term. In this respect, bank penalties resemble still waters that run deep. In contrast, a settlement with regulatory …

How much deposits and equity a bank has influences how a banks’ lending responds to monetary policy. While the … responsiveness for the bank lending channel has been well established, this is not the case for the risk-taking channel (RTC). We …