Using bank level measures of competition and co-dependence, the authors show a robust positive relationship between … bank competition and systemic stability. Whereas much of the extant literature has focused on the relationship between …

Using bank level measures of competition and co-dependence, we show a robust negative relationship between bank … shocks. Examining the impact of the institutional and regulatory environment on bank systemic risk shows that banking systems …

This paper examines changes in bank capital and capital regulations since the global financial crisis, in the Europe … of the definition of Tier 1 capital and reduction in risk-weights. Further analyses show that bank risk in Europe and …

associated with bank soundness. Using data for over 3,000 banks in 86countries, we find that neither the overall index of BCP … compliance nor its individual components are robustly associated with bank risk measured by Z-scores. We also fail to find a …