Using firm-level data for approximately 1,000 bank and nonbank financial institutions in 22 countries over the past 15 …

endogenous bank fragility and slow recovery from crises. When banks' investment decisions are not contractible, depositors form … expectations about bank risk-taking and demand a return on deposits according to their risk. This creates strategic … of bank net worth, leading to a persistent drop in investment and output. I bring the model to bear on the European …

We provide a theoretical foundation for the claim that prolonged periods of easy monetary conditions increase bank risk … taking. The net effect of a monetary policy change on bank monitoring (an inverse measure of risk taking) depends on the … structures, a monetary easing leads to greater leverage and lower monitoring. However, if a bank''s capital structure is fixed …

This paper exploits the Financial Accounts of the United States to derive long time series of bank and nonbank credit … cycle, (ii) recessions and recoveries, and (iii) systemic financial crises. We find that bank and nonbank credit exhibit … different dynamics throughout the business cycle. This diverging cyclical behavior of output and bank and nonbank credit argues …

This paper assesses the impact of the geographic diversification of bank holding company (BHC) assets across the United … States on their market valuations. Using two novel identification strategies based on the dynamic process of interstate bank …