For an international sample of banks, we construct measures of a bank's absolute size and its systemic size defined as … size relative to the national economy. We then examine how a bank's risk and return, its activity mix and funding strategy … that a bank's interest cost tends to rise with its systemic size can also in part explain why a bank's rate of return on …

. For an international sample of banks, this paper investigates the impact of government indebtedness and deficits on bank … stock prices and CDS spreads. Overall, bank stock prices reflect a negative capitalization of government debt and they … valuation in countries running large fiscal deficits. Furthermore, the change in bank CDS spreads in 2008 relative to 2007 …

This paper analyzes bank stock prices around the world to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the banking … policy announcements on the performance of bank stocks. Overall, the results suggest that the crisis and the countercyclical … lending role that banks are expected to play have put banking systems under significant stress, with bank stocks …

A bank's interest expenses are found to increase with its degree of internationalization as proxied by its share of … bank is performing badly. Our benchmark estimation suggests that an international bank's cost of funds raised through a … foreign subsidiary is between 1.5% and 2.4% higher than the cost of funds for a purely domestic bank, which is a sizeable …

lead to excessive risk-taking. We examine the relation between deposit insurance and bank risk and systemic fragility in … the years leading up to and during the recent financial crisis. We find that generous financial safety nets increase bank … risk and systemic fragility in the years leading up to the global financial crisis. However, during the crisis, bank risk …

This paper examines the impact of bank regulations, market structure, and national institutions on bank net interest … margins and overhead costs using data on over 1,400 banks across 72 countries while controlling for bank …-specific characteristics. The data indicate that tighter regulations on bank entry and bank activities boost the cost of financial …

bank soundness. The authors find a significant and positive relationship between bank soundness (measured with Moody …