Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the effects of investments by US banks in advertising and …

panel of community banks. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical tests for RPE utilized a two-stage approach in a … unique dataset of community banks executive turnover over a ten-year period. This allowed the authors to better estimate the … relationship is more pronounced in better-governed banks, which are more likely to engage in value-enhancing disciplinary actions …

examination of 44 large banks headquartered in 13 countries; eight of these countries belong to the European Union, seven belong …, different patterns in the relationships across countries and even across banks within the same country. Also, higher … correlations between bank and sovereign risk are found in countries in which the ratio of the assets of banks relative to their …

performing loans, and had less income diversity. Consistent with being financially fragile, de novo banks and those banks that … grew substantially prior to the crisis faced an increased likelihood of failure relative to established banks. However …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the bond market disciplines all banks equally, in the … sense of demanding the same relative risk premium across banks of different risk over the business cycle. Design … paper finds that the impact of recessions is not uniform across banks – it affects riskier banks more than safer ones. In …

consolidation – creating larger banks that operate in more markets – may be associated with an increase in credit availability for … bank operating efficiency. Originality/value – The paper offers insights into the effect of banks on “debt-sensitive” small …

accounting for the short-sell moratorium. Data on 110 regional banks in six US regions from January 2002 to December 30, 2011 are … increased individual bank risk for a majority of banks in six geographic regions, but also increased return in three of three … 2008 moratorium took effect. Originality/value – Regional banks have generally not achieved the size needed to be deemed …