, we do not find any reduction in risk-taking at the bank level, one purported aim of the regulation …

We investigate the (unintended) effects of bank executive compensation regulation. Capping the share of variable … bank performance appears to be unaffected by the bonus cap. Risk hikes are consistent with an insurance effect associated …

We investigate the (unintended) effects of bank executive compensation regulation. Capping the share of variable … retain executives. However, risk-adjusted bank performance deteriorated, consistent with reduced incentives to exert effort …

We study if the regulation of bank executive compensation has unintended consequences. Based on novel data on CEO and …

The inability of most bank merger studies to control for hidden bailouts may lead to biased results. In this study, we … employ a unique data set of approximately 1,000 mergers to analyze the determinants of bank mergers. We use data on the …

German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However, the success of bank mergers remains a continuous …

different banks as being best or worst performers. Our main conclusion is that efficiency studies in general and bank efficiency …

The inability of most bank merger studies to control for hidden bailouts may …