and nominal exchange rates are used, where Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary …

markets. The analysis shows that swap lines by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) had a positive impact on bank stocks in Central … and Eastern Europe. It then highlights the importance of individual bank characteristics in identifying the impact of swap … lines on bank stocks. Bank-level evidence suggests that stock prices of local and less-well capitalized banks as well as …

on a European level. Following De Nicolo and Kwast (2001), mean rolling-window correlations between bank stock returns …

conditional correlations between European bank stock indices. These correlations are used as an indication for the …

spread of a bank by about two basis points. We further find that some banks have already reached a size that makes them too …

on a European level. Following De Nicolo and Kwast (2001), mean rolling-window correlations between bank stock returns …

Using data from bank holding company regulatory reports, we examine the relationshipbetween stock repurchases and … financial performance for a large sample of bank holding companies over the years 1987 to 1998. The primary result is that … be driven primarily by bank holding companies with publicly traded stock, especially those companies whose stock is …