Beltratti, Andrea; Stulz, René M. - In: Journal of Financial Economics 105 (2012) 1, pp. 1-17
Though overall bank performance from July 2007 to December 2008 was the worst since the Great Depression, there is …-term capital market funding. The better-performing banks had less leverage and lower returns immediately before the crisis …, except that large banks from countries with more restrictions on bank activities performed better and decreased loans less …