A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close bank ties do not grow … faster than bank-independent firms. In this paper, we reconsider the link between relationship lending and firms' growth … and health status. We explore the influence of long-lasting bank relationships on employment and asset growth of a large …

predict the development of bank profitability due to demographic shifts up to 2025. One of the main findings is that the …, allows us estimating the socio-demographic determinants of retail profitability. Using a simulation model, we are able to … the population reduces the customer base, ageing per se increases profitability as older customers typically generate …

We study the efficiency of banking regulation under financial integration. Banks freely choose the jurisdiction where … to locate their activities and have private information about their efficiency level. Regulators non-cooperatively offer … regulators to discriminate between banks with different efficiency levels. This result is driven by the endogenous restriction …