We investigate the relationship between bank complexity and bank risk-taking using German banking data over the period …

are more likely to enter foreign markets by means of foreign direct investment. We combine detailed proprietary bank …-level data on the international activities of all German banks with publicly available bank micro data from possible destination …

We employ proprietary data from a large bank to analyze how – in times of crisis – depositors react to a bank … nationalization, re-privatization and an accompanying increase in deposit insurance. Nationalization slows depositors fleeing the bank …

German savers are renowned for preferring safe, long-term investments, thus providing patient capital, with bank … heterogeneity depending on banks' governance structures. The announcement of a state guarantee for bank deposits following the …

Using granular data of German banks for the 2003 to 2018 period, we analyse the determinants of bank rates on retail … deposits. We find that a bank's rate on sight deposits is especially low if the bank operates in rural districts, if it is not … exposed to strong competition and if it provides much service. Regarding the rates on term deposits, we find that the bank …