arrangers. Forming borrowing relationships with local- as well as foreign-banks and maintaining financial strength ameliorates …

crisis; in countries that have more credit provided by banks; in countries that do not have explicit depository insurance …

In this study, we reinvestigate the question of whether government banks are inferior to private banks. We use cross … country data from 1993 to 2007 to trace the different types of government banks. These types comprise banks that acquire … distressed banks, normal banks, or no banks at all. Contrary to common belief, the evidence shows that unless government banks …

analyzing only developed countries. We suggest here that banks' relative ability to intermediate funds cost-efficiently is a …

Using a sample of 161 global banks in 23 countries, we examine the applicability of structural models and bank …, leverage and asset quality have had a stronger impact on bank CDS since the onset of the recent financial crisis. Banks in … default swaps, structural models, CAMELS, global banks …

This paper proposes that whether interconnectedness among banks leads to financial instability depends on banks … and the banks' failure probability. In the model, banks adopt the Value-at-Risk rule to make the capital structure … banks' failure probability. It also shows that interconnection is more harmful when banks are more over-optimistic about …