A growing body of literature indicates that competition increases bank soundness. Applying an industrial organization … indeed increases bank efficiency. Second, building on these results, we examine the relation between the Boone indicator … bank soundness. We find evidence that competition robustly increases bank soundness, via the efficiency channel. …

We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … supporting the bad management and efficiency version of the moral hazard hypotheses. In contrast, bank efficiency improvements … contribute to shore up bank capital levels. Our findings suggest that banks lagging behind in their efficiency levels might …

-merger financial performance. We find that, on average, bank mergers in the European Union resulted in improved return on capital. By …

This study was conducted to investigate the determinants of bank's stability in an emerging country. Data were … banking sector indicators such as equity-to-asset ratio, bank size, loans-to-assets ratio, revenue diversification on the … stability of bank. In addition, a possible finding deals with the positive influence of macroeconomic factors in the banking …

' international activities. We find that country- and bank-specific variables capturing size have a major impact on banks' foreign …

This paper investigates the impact of individual bank fundamental variables on stock market returns using data from a … non-interest income in terms of fees and commissions. In panel regressions, we relate bank stock returns to fundamental … spatial correlation. Our results indicate that several bank-specific variables exhibit a robust explanatory power across …

,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to … regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can … spur growth in cross-border bank mergers. Also, mergers tend to be less frequent if information costs are high. …