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 …

volatility of growth and profitability are bank-size dependent, and (iii) the relationship between growth and profitability of a … bank. Using a dynamic panel model estimated by GMM for a mixed sample of more than 1500 banks from 65 countries, we find no … evidence of persistence in bank growth. However, our findings suggest significant persistence in bank profitability. Moreover …

Accurate measurement of bank risk is a matter of considerable importance for bank regulation and supervision. Current …. Market monitoring of bank risk has typically been tested by regressing market-based risk indicators on various benchmark … indicators (such as accounting ratios and credit ratings) to detect whether the market tracks bank risk. This approach overlooks …

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

This study is an empirical investigation of theoretical predictions concerning the impact of bank competition on bank … banking increases, the loan-to-asset ratio will rise (under reasonable assumptions), but the probability of bank failure can … either increase or decrease. However, the probability of bank failure will fall if and only if borrowers' response to take on …

Folgeabkommen geben und die Welt würde im Klimaschutz weit hinter die Kyoto-Ziele von 1997 zurückfallen. Europa sollte die …