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Does IT standardization help to boost cost and profit efficiency? : empirical evidence from German savings banks
Noth, Felix; Slotty, Constantin F.; Hackethal, Andreas - 2009
services over banks' total IT expenses. Bank efficiency, in turn, is measured by traditional accounting performance indicators … IT standardization is conducive to cost efficiency. The relation is positive and robust for small and medium-sized banks … IT expenditures negatively impact cost efficiency and have no influence on bank profits. To the best of our knowledge …
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Did TARP distort competition among sound banks?
Koetter, Michael - 2016
This study investigates if the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) distorted price competition in U.S. banking. Political indicators reveal bailout expectations after 2009, manifested as beliefs about the predicted probability of receiving equity support relative to failing during the TARP...
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Bank Bailouts and Competition - Did TARP Distort Competition Among Sound Banks?
Koetter, Michael; Noth, Felix - 2015
This study investigates if the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) distorted price competition in U.S. banking. Political indicators reveal bailout expectations after 2009, manifested as beliefs about the predicted probability of receiving equity support relative to failing during the TARP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020652
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Banking Competition and Real Sector Stability : Does the Risk Shifting Channel Exist?
Noth, Felix - 2011
that banks may exploit their competitiveness and increase incentives for firms to undertake more risk. Thereby, this paper …
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Corporate Governance Structures and Financial Constraints in Multinational Enterprises – An Analysis in Selected European Transition Economies on the Basis of the IWH FDI Micro Dat...
Gauselmann, Andrea; Noth, Felix - Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) - 2015
In our analysis, we consider the distribution of decision power over financing and investment between MNEs’ headquarters and foreign subsidiaries and its influence on the foreign affiliates’ financial restrictions. Our research results show that headquarters of multinational enterprises have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011127943
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Corporate Governance Structures and Financial Constraints in Multinational Enterprises – An Analysis in Selected European Transition Economies on the Basis of the IWH FDI Micro Dat...
Gauselmann, Andrea; Noth, Felix - 2015
In our analysis, we consider the distribution of decision power over financing and investment between MNEs' headquarters and foreign subsidiaries and its influence on the foreign affiliates' financial restrictions. Our research results show that headquarters of multinational enterprises have not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010475135
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Corporate governance structures and financial constraints in multinational enterprises : an analysis in selected European transition economies on the basis of the IWH FDI micro dat...
Gauselmann, Andrea; Noth, Felix - 2015
In our analysis, we consider the distribution of decision power over financing and investment between MNEs’ headquarters and foreign subsidiaries and its influence on the foreign affiliates’ financial restrictions. Our research results show that headquarters of multinational enterprises have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010474217
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How do banks react to catastrophic events? Evidence from Hurricane Katrina
Lambert, Claudia; Noth, Felix; Schüwer, Ulrich - Research Center SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for … - 2015
This paper explores how banks adjust their risk-based capital ratios and asset allocations following an exogenous shock to their asset quality caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. We find that independent banks based in the disaster areas increase their risk-based capital ratios after the...
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IT use, productivity, and market power in banking
Koetter, Michael; Noth, Felix - In: Journal of Financial Stability 9 (2013) 4, pp. 695-704
Information management is a core process in banking that can resolve information asymmetries and thereby help to mitigate competitive pressure. We test if the use of information technology (IT) contributes to bank output, and how IT-augmented bank productivity relates to differences in market...
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How Do Insured Deposits Affect Bank Risk?: Evidence from the 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
Lambert, Claudia; Noth, Felix; Schüwer, Ulrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013
This paper tests whether an increase in insured deposits causes banks to become more risky. We use variation introduced by the U.S. Emergency Economic Stabilization Act in October 2008, which increased the deposit insurance coverage from $100,000 to $250,000 per depositor and bank. For some...
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