The recent period of crisis in credit markets has highlighted the crucial role of bank risk taking. Our paper assesses … the inter-temporal relationships among bank efficiency, capital and bank risk-taking in the EU-26 commercial banking …

The recent period of crisis in credit markets has highlighted the crucial role of bank risk taking. Our paper assesses … the inter-temporal relationships among bank efficiency, capital and bank risk-taking in the EU-26 commercial banking …

This paper examines the determinants and convergence of bank profitability in eight European Union member countries …, between 1992 and 2007, using a dynamic panel model. There is evidence of persistence of abnormal bank profit from one year to … persistence of EU bank profit was lower in 1999-2007 than it was in 1992-98 in six of the eight countries. This suggests there has …

. Capital is positively influenced by asset diversification, profitability and liquidity risk, but negatively affected by bank …

efficient than conventional banks in Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey and United Arab Emirates, and less efficient in Bangladesh …

regional focus. In this paper we construct measures of competition and economic activity using regional data to examine bank … exists between regional bank competition and risks. Furthermore, regional economic conditions play a significant role in …

statement comparability and earnings smoothing for opportunistic reasons. Based on a sample of 628 US banks (4,683 bank … crisis (GFC) period. These results are robust to alternative specifications of comparability and earning management, bank …

By investigating the influence of negative interest rate policy (NIRP) on bank margins and profitability, this paper … identifies country- and bank- specific characteristics that amplify or weaken the effect of NIRP on bank performance. Using a … find that bank margins and profits fell in NIRP-adopter countries compared to countries that did not adopt the policy …