advisors to acquirers. In particular, the target earns higher abnormal returns when the target's own bank certifies the (more …. Second, acquirers predominantly use commercial bank advisors to obtain access to bank loans that may be used to finance the …. Moreover, the advising bank's recommendations may be distorted by considerations related to credit exposure incurred in both …

We address two questions: (i) Are bank capital structure and value correlated in the cross section, and if so, how? (ii …) If bank capital does affect bank value, how are the components of bank value affected by capital? We first develop a … dynamic model with a dissipative cost of bank capital that is traded off against the benefits of capital: strengthened …