Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Risk culture -- Chapter 3: Risk culture in different bank business -- Chapter 4 … bank reputation. Chapter 9: Watchdog or Petdog: Do the media play a role in shaping banks risk culture? -- Chapter 10 …: Influence of National Culture on Bank Risk-Taking in the European System -- Chapter 11: Risk-taking of European banks in CEECs …

We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … supporting the bad management and efficiency version of the moral hazard hypotheses. In contrast, bank efficiency improvements … contribute to shore up bank capital levels. Our findings suggest that banks lagging behind in their efficiency levels might …

effect produced by M&A transactions on bank efficiency and shareholder value. …