different combinations of bank asset and funding sources and assess their impact on the mortgage crisis. We then estimate how … distinct strategies have affected bank profitability and risk before the crisis, and what impact they have put on the mortgage …

This paper empirically examines the effect of bank’s revenue diversification across different activities on the stock … increasing non-interest income share on the franchise values of banks, while there is no strong evidence that it reduce bank … risk, idiosyncratic risk, and total risk). Furthermore, we find that the effects of bank’s revenue diversification on …

) on bank capital, risk, and performance. We find that high risk weighted asset ratios tend to attract supervisory … intervention. Sanctions whose cause lies at the core of bank safety and soundness curtail the risk-weighted asset ratio, but … weaknesses appear to be well-timed and to restrain further increases in the risk-weighted assets ratio without impairing bank …

This paper aims to answer the following question: what is (are) the cause(s) of the severe reduction in bank credits in … period an ultra–expansionary monetary policy has been implemented by the Bank of Japan. A theoretical lending–supply model is …

banking system took its first step at the end of 1990 when the newly established commercial bank Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR …) took over retail operations performed previously by the National Bank of Romania (NBR). Simultaneously some privately … unfriendly economic environment, the poor quality of bank managers and shareholders and cumbersome legal procedures led to an …

This paper is one of the first attempts to conduct an empirical investigation of the relationship between bank capital …, securitization and bank risk-taking in a context of the rapid growth in off-balance-sheet activities. The data come from the Canadian … securitization and bank risk-taking. Profit-risk measure is more sensitive than loss-risk measure to the variation in securitization …

With a sample of 354 U.S. large bank holding companies, this paper investigates the determination of financial distress …

relying much on recognised international best practices in bank supervision. China combines a strong regulatory hand together …

Attempt has been made to suggest a innovative idea for Tharparkar to establish a bank just like Grameen Bank. Concept …