bank-firm CDS net notional and credit exposures we find that the probability of default for firms with CDS traded on them …

bank-firm CDS net notional and credit exposures we find that the probability of default for CDS firms drops when the effect …

-oriented regime for merger control increases banks’ stock prices, whereas it decreases those of non-financial firms. Moreover, bank … merger targets become more profitable and larger. A major determinant of the positive bank returns, after controlling inter … alia for the general quality of institutions and individual bank characteristics, is the opaqueness that characterizes the …

bank loans to U.S. firms over the period of 1980- 2003. We find that investors react positively to such announcements if …’s headquarters state. Investor reaction is, in fact, the largest when the bank is foreign. Our evidence suggest that investors value … bank identities and reputation seem to matter a great deal. …

resultant credit restriction by turning to other banks. Importantly the bank-lending channel is notably stronger when we account …

We analyze how time-varying bank-specific capital requirements a ect banks' balance sheet adjustments as well as bank … lending to the non-financial corporate sector. To do so, we relate Pillar 2 capital requirements to bank balance sheet data, a … examine how time-varying bank-specific capital requirements affect banks' balance sheet composition. Subsequently, we …