We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … supporting the bad management and efficiency version of the moral hazard hypotheses. In contrast, bank efficiency improvements … contribute to shore up bank capital levels. Our findings suggest that banks lagging behind in their efficiency levels might …

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 …

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 …

We investigate the role of CEO power and government monitoring on bank dividend policy for a sample of 109 European …. Government ownership and the presence of a government official on the board of directors of the bank, also reduces payout ratios …, in line with the view that government is incentivized to favor the interest of bank creditors before the interest of …

What is the relationship between bank fragility and competition during a period of market turmoil? Does market power in … the context of Eurozone banking over 2005-2012 and show that greater market power increases bank stability implying … with government intervention. The negative influence of competition on bank stability is non-monotonic and reverses for …

profitability, asset diversification and liquidity risk, but negatively influenced by bank market power. Capital ratios typically co …

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