risk factors, we separate the bank-specific selection and monitoring abilities from the composition of the loan portfolio …, on average, lower loan losses, (b) the loss rate of a given industry in a bank's loan portfolio is lower if the bank has …

We analyze the impact of market liquidity on bank lending in the euro area for different segments over the period 2003 … liquidity has an asymmetric effect on bank lending: The negative impact of a reduction in liquidity is more significant than the … restricted first in times of impaired market liquidity. The bank-level data confirm the strong impact of market liquidity on bank …

lending behavior and risk sensitivity of a risk-neutral bank. CDS contracts may be used to hedge a bank’s credit risk exposure … at a certain (potentially distorted) price. Regulation is found to induce the risk-neutral bank to behave in a more risk … credit risk. Under the substitution approach in Basel II (and III) a risk-neutral bank will over-, fully or under-hedge its …

using a new method, the construction of tailored hypothetical bank competitors. …

observe provisioning practices before and after disclosure becomes mandatory. Our findings suggest that bank managers use loan … pressure and highlights the role of depositors and public pressure in the monitoring of bank managers. We exploit cross …

How does bank distress impact their customers' probability of default and trade credit availability? We address this … question by looking at a unique sample of German firms from 2000 to 2011. We follow their firm-bank relationships through times … of distress and crisis, featuring the different transmission of bank distress shocks into already weakened firm balance …