In the present paper through an empirical analysis author will estimate some important determinant factors of banking solvency apart from the risk. Our sample refers to the western economies including the United States. The econometric analysis based on a single equation model uses OECD panel...

In the present paper an effort will be made to show that, in banking sector, risk has a negative impact on solvency and that risk is the main determinant of solvency. Panel data will be used during the period 1997-2008 in European banks as well as in the United States ones. Data source is...

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that banks are always risk averters, and this aversion increases in more recent periods. The sample covers Western Europe and The United States. Data are taken from World Bank and OECD. The elaboration of these panel data is made feasible...