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Contestability, Technology and Banking
Gropp, Reint; Corvoisier, Sandrine - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
We estimate the effect of internet penetration on retail bank margins in the euro area. Based on an adapted Baumol … [1982] type contestability model, we argue that the internet has reduced sunk costs and therefore increased contestability … countries. We utilise time series and cross-sectional variation in internet penetration. We find support for an increase in …
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Ostdeutschland 30 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall : erreichtes und wirtschaftspolitischer Handlungsbedarf
Gropp, Reint; Heimpold, Gerhard - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 99 (2019) 7, pp. 471-476
Dass Ostdeutschland bei der Verringerung der Ost-West-Produktivitätslücke nur noch wenig vorankommt, hat nicht nur mit fehlenden Konzernzentralen zu tun. Eine Produktivitätslücke existiert in Betrieben aller Größen. Sie ist im städtischen Raum größer als im ländlichen. Der...
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Banking Integration, Bank Stability, and Regulation - Introduction to a Special Issue of the International Journal of Central Banking
Shin, Hyun; Gropp, Reint - In: International Journal of Central Banking 5 (2009) 1
The link between banking integration and financial stability has taken center stage in the wake of the current financial crisis. To what extent is the banking system in Europe integrated? What role has the introduction of the common currency played in this context? Are integrated banking markets...
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Contestability, technology and banking
Corvoisier, Sandrine (contributor); Gropp, Reint (contributor) - 2009
reduziert. Dieses Papier untersucht ob das Internet für Banken zu einer Reduzierung der versunkenen Kosten pro Kunden geführt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806195
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Measurement of contagion in banks' equity prices
Gropp, Reint; Moerman, Gerard - 2003
This paper uses the co-incidence of extreme shocks to banksu0092 risk to examine within country and across country contagion among large EU banks. Banksu0092 risk is measured by the first difference of weekly distances to default and abnormal returns. Using Monte Carlo simulations, the paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636520
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Deposit insurance, moral hazard and market monitoring
Gropp, Reint; Vesala, Jukka - 2004
The paper analyses the relationship between deposit insurance, debt-holder monitoring, and risk taking. In a stylised banking model we show that deposit insurance may reduce moral hazard, if deposit insurance credibly leaves out non-deposit creditors. Testing the model using EU bank level data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636525
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The impact of public guarantees on bank risk taking
Gropp, Reint; Gruendl, Christian; Guettler, Andre - 2010
In 2001, government guarantees for savings banks in Germany were removed following a law suit. We use this natural experiment to examine the effect of government guarantees on bank risk taking, using a large data set of matched bank/borrower information. The results suggest that banks whose...
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The determinants of bank capital structure
Gropp, Reint; Heider, Florian - 2009
The paper shows that mispriced deposit insurance and capital regulation were of second order importance in determining the capital structure of large U.S. and European banks during 1991 to 2004. Instead, standard cross-sectional determinants of non-financial firms’ leverage carry over to...
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The Internal Organization of Banks and the Transmission of Lending Shocks Across Borders
Radev, Deyan; Gropp, Reint - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014
The internal organization of global banks potentially plays a vital role in the transmission of shocks both within and across borders. The analysis of this transmission is of importance for regulators and policy makers. In this paper, we investigate how solvency and wholesale funding shocks to...
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The Ex-Ante Versus Ex-Post Effect of Public Guarantees
Damar, H. Evren; Gropp, Reint; Mordel, Adi - Bank of Canada - 2012
In October 2006, Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) introduced new ratings for banks that account for the potential of government support. The rating changes are not a reflection of any changes in the respective banks’ credit fundamentals. We use this natural experiment to evaluate the...
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