probability. Though results vary substantially across individual banks, domestic activity and U.S. growth, and higher asset prices …

indices; second, which bank-specific characteristics explain these risk exposures; third, are there clusters of banks with … is the evolution of banks' stock price exposure to country-level and global risk factors as approximated by equity … risk, specifically, has been steadily rising since 2008. Banks that are reliant on wholesale funding, have weaker capital …

This paper examines the behavior of bank soundness indicators during episodes of brisk loan growth, using bank …-level data for central and eastern Europe and controlling for the feedback effect of credit growth on bank soundness. No evidence … is found that rapid loan expansion has weakened banks during the last decade, but over time weaker banks seem to have …

from domestic banks. As public debt approached sustainability limits in a number of countries, however, high bank exposure … to sovereign risk created a fragile inter-dependence between fiscal and bank solvency. This paper presents a simple model …

This paper explains the continuing success of European cooperative banks through evolving comparative advantages. It …