We empirically analyze the impact of uninsured deposits on a bank’s cost of public debt. Uninsured depositors can exert market discipline over a bank and potentially reduce its agency cost of debt through informed monitoring. We use a sample of public bond issues by U.S. bank holding companies...

Using a sample from 1993 to 2010 of U.S. corporate bank loans, we study the relationship between CEO incentives for risk-shifting, proxied by Vega, and the cost of corporate bank loans. Equity-based compensation can enhance risk-shifting incentives, encouraging managers to make risky choices to...

We empirically analyze the impact of uninsured deposits on a bank's cost of public debt. Uninsured depositors can exert market discipline over a bank and potentially reduce its agency cost of debt through informed monitoring. We use a sample of public bond issues by U.S. bank holding companies...