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Bank risk taking and competition : evidence from regional banking markets ; conference paper
Kick, Thomas; Prieto, Esteban - 2013
This study investigates the bank competition-stability nexus using a unique regulatory dataset provided by the Deutsche …-varying characteristics of banks which are likely to influence the competition-risk taking channel. Third, we include different measures of … competition, contestability and market power, each corresponding to a different contextual level of a bank s competitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339963
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Bank risk taking and competition : evidence from regional banking markets
Kick, Thomas; Prieto, Esteban - 2013
This study investigates the bank competition-stability nexus using a unique regulatory dataset provided by the Deutsche …-varying characteristics of banks which are likely to influence the competition-risk taking channel. Third, we include different measures of … competition, contestability and market power, each corresponding to a different contextual level of a bank's competitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792985
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Interest rate shocks, competition and bank liquidity creation
Kick, Thomas - 2022
competition. Here, we employ a novel approach to account for IRS that are both unexpected and effective for a bank’s business … theory that monopolistic firms undersupply the market when utilizing their high pricing power in the bank competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013184357
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Are banks using hidden reserves to beat earnings benchmarks? Evidence from Germany
Bornemann, Sven; Kick, Thomas; Memmel, Christoph; … - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 36 (2012) 8, pp. 2403-2415
Section 340f of the German Commercial Code allows banks to provision against the special risks inherent to the banking business by building hidden reserves. Beyond risk provisioning, these reserves are implicitly accepted as an earnings management device. By analyzing financial statements of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010599664
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The political economy of bank bailouts
Behn, Markus; Haselmann, Rainer; Kick, Thomas; Vig, Vikrant - House of Finance, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - 2015
In this paper, we examine how the institutional design affects the outcome of bank bailout decisions. In the German savings bank sector, distress events can be resolved by local politicians or a state-level association. We show that decisions by local politicians with close links to the bank are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213913
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The importance of qualitative risk assessment in banking supervision before and during the crisis
Kick, Thomas; Pfingsten, Andreas - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2011
Banking supervision requires regular inspection and assessment of financial institutions. In Germany this task is carried out by the central bank ('Deutsche Bundesbank, BBK') in cooperation with the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ('Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277828
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Early Warning Indicators for the German Banking System: A Macroprudential Analysis
Kick, Thomas; Jahn, Nadya - In: Credit and Capital Markets 47 (2014) 1, pp. 5-47
across all banking sectors, whereas regional spillovers and the credit-to- GDP ratio are more important for cooperative banks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010761601
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Does it pay to have friends? Social ties and executive appointments in banking
Berger, Allen N.; Kick, Thomas; Koetter, Michael; … - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 6, pp. 2087-2105
We exploit a unique sample to analyze how homophily (affinity for similar others) and social ties affect career outcomes in banking. We test if these factors increase the probability that the appointee to an executive board is an outsider without previous employment at the bank compared to being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010662601
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Are banks using hidden reserves to beat earnings benchmarks? Evidence from Germany
Bornemann, Sven; Kick, Thomas; Memmel, Christoph; … - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2010
Section 340f of the German Commercial Code allows banks to provision against the special risks inherent to the banking business by building hidden reserves. Beyond risk provisioning, these reserves are implicitly accepted as an earnings management device. By analyzing financial statements of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833258
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Executive Board Composition and Bank Risk Taking
Berger, Allen N.; Kick, Thomas; Schaeck, Klaus - Bangor Business School, Bangor University - 2012
Little is known about how socioeconomic characteristics of executive teams affect corporate governance in banking. Exploiting a unique dataset, we show how age, gender, and education composition of executive teams affect risk taking of financial institutions. First, we establish that age,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010906176