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Risk in Islamic Banking
Abedifar, Pejman - 2012
This paper investigates risk and stability features of Islamic banking using a sample of 553 banks from 24 countries between 1999 and 2009. Small Islamic banks that are leveraged or based in countries with predominantly Muslim populations have lower credit risk than conventional banks. In terms...
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Bank Regulatory Capital Adjustment and Ultimate Ownership Structure : Evidence from European Commercial Banks
Zedek, Nadia - 2012
We empirically investigate whether a bank's decision to recapitalize is influenced by the separation between voting and cash-flow rights of the ultimate owner. We use a novel dataset on bank ultimate control and ownership structure of 442 European commercial banks to estimate an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105411
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Ultimate Ownership Structure and Bank Regulatory Capital Adjustment : Evidence from European Commercial Banks
Lepetit, Laetitia - 2013
This paper empirically investigates whether a bank's decision to adjust its capital is influenced by the existence of a divergence between the voting and the cash-flow rights of its ultimate owner. We use a novel hand-collected dataset on detailed control and ownership characteristics of 405...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090948
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Ownership Structure and Risk in Publicly Held and Privately Owned Banks
Barry, Thierno - 2014
Using detailed ownership data for a sample of European commercial banks, we analyze the link between ownership structure and risk in both privately owned and publicly held banks. We consider five categories of shareholders that are specific to our dataset. We find that ownership structure is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069068
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Ownership Structure and Risk in Publicly Held and Privately Owned Banks
Barry, Thierno - 2010
Using detailed ownership data for a sample of European commercial banks, we analyze the link between ownership structure and risk in both privately owned and publicly held banks. We consider five categories of shareholders (managers/directors, institutional investors, non-financial companies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013151118
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Charter Value and Bank Stability Before and After the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008
Bakkar, Yassine - 2017
We investigate how bank charter value affects risk for a sample of OECD banks by using standalone and systemic risk measures before, during, and after the global financial crisis of 2007-2008. Prior to the crisis, bank charter value is positively associated with risk-taking and systemic risk for...
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Do Banks Differently Set Their Liquidity Ratios Based on Their Network Characteristics?
Distinguin, Isabelle - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of interbank network topology on bank liquidity ratios. Whereas This paper … investigates the impact of interbank network topology on bank liquidity ratios. Whereas more emphasis has been put on liquidity … requirements by regulators since the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, how differently shaped interbank networks impact …
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Disentangling the Effect of Trust on Bank Lending
Nicolas, Christina - 2019
This paper examines the effect of trust on bank lending using a sample of commercial banks in 34 countries around the world. We distinguish between two forms of trust: In-group trust, which we define as the trust in people we know, and Out-group trust, which we define as the trust in people we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858627
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Excess Control Rights, Bank Capital Structure Adjustment and Lending
Lepetit, Laetitia - 2014
We investigate whether excess control rights of ultimate owners in pyramids affect banks' adjustment to their target capital ratio. When ultimate control rights and cash-flow rights are identical, banks increase their capital ratio by issuing equity and by reshuffling their assets without...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056214
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Excess Control Rights, Bank Capital Structure Adjustments and Lending
Lepetit, Laetitia - 2014
We investigate whether excess control rights of ultimate owners in pyramids affect banks' capital ratio adjustments. When control and cash-flow rights are identical, to boost capital ratios banks issue equity without cutting lending. However, when control rights exceed cash-flow rights, instead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056216