&As) involving banks in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America between 1998 and 2009. An event study measures the change in …

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 …

setting and investigate whether chair-CEO age difference influences bank risk-taking behaviour. Using a unique sample of the … 20 years age difference – reduces bank risks. Our results are especially prevalent for loan portfolio risks. We do not … find chair-CEO differences in gender and past experience to be significant determinants of bank riskiness …