This paper examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the banking sector in the Middle East and North Africa … (MENA) region, as well as the main determinants of the profitability of both domestic and foreign banks. The empirical … profitability, size does not appear to play a role, whilst the liquidity ratio and net interest revenues seem to have a negative and …

about the pass-through of monetary policy. On the one hand, negative rates could lead to declining bank profitability making …

This paper investigates (i) whether growth and profitability persist in banking firms, (ii) whether the level and … volatility of growth and profitability are bank-size dependent, and (iii) the relationship between growth and profitability of a … evidence of persistence in bank growth. However, our findings suggest significant persistence in bank profitability. Moreover …

banking group on banks’ net interest margins. Our results confirm a positive relationship between interest rates and interest … margins, which is stronger in a low-interest rate environment. For banks belonging to an international banking group, we find …

risk of firm default. …

We develop a dynamic computational network model of the banking system where fire sales provide the amplification … across time of the growth rate of banking assets has a 'fat left tail' that corresponds to rare economic disasters. We also …

higher profits for their banks. -- demography ; banking ; savings banks ; profitability …, populations are shrinking and ageing at the same time. This paper explores the impact of demographic change on the banking …, allows us estimating the socio-demographic determinants of retail profitability. Using a simulation model, we are able to …

problems? [Yes]; 3) do bank influenced firms have higher profitability? [No]. Coupled with results about the control …

We argue that risk sharing motivates the bank-wide structure of bonus pay. In the presence of financial frictions that … make external financing costly, the optimal contract between shareholders and employees involves some degree of risk … to rationalize with incentive theories of bonus pay - but support an important risk sharing motive. In particular …

We investigate the trade-off between the risk-sharing gains enjoyed by more interconnected firms and the costs … resulting from an increased risk exposure. We find that when the shock distribution displays "fat" tails, extreme segmentation …