volatility and higher insolvency risk of banks. In general, although banks in less competitive markets hold more capital, the … levels of capitalization are not high enough to offset the impact on default risk of higher risk taking. Nevertheless, during …

We investigate how bank charter value affects risk for a sample of OECD banks by using standalone and systemic risk … positively associated with risk-taking and systemic risk for very large “too-big-too-fail” banks and large U.S. and European … standalone and systemic risk for large U.S. and European banks. Our findings have important policy implications and cast doubts …

determination of interest margins. Operating costs, market power, risk aversion and liquidity risk have positive impacts on interest … margins, while credit risk and cost to income ratio are negatively associated with margins. Our results also corroborate the …

bank profitability and risk before, during, and after the global financial crisis of 2007-2008. We use a unique hand … presence of excess control rights is associated with lower profitability, higher risk-taking and higher default risk before … (2002-2006) and after (2009-2010) the crisis. Conversely, it improves profitability and no longer affects risk during the …

volatility and higher insolvency risk of banks. In general, although banks in less competitive markets hold more capital, the … levels of capitalization are not high enough to offset the impact on default risk of higher risk taking. Nevertheless, during …

bank market power is associated with lower insolvency risk and higher capital ratios. A deeper analysis however reveals …

volatility and higher insolvency risk of banks. In general, although banks in less competitive markets hold more capital, the … levels of capitalization are not high enough to offset the impact on default risk of higher risk taking. Nevertheless, during …