We study the determinants of multiple bank-firm relationships using a uniquely rich data set comprised of information on individual loans of a large number of firms in Colombia. We control for firm-specific variables and find that the business cycle exerts important influence on the number of...

El estudio de la relación entre el comportamiento de la productividad de las entidades bancarias y su capacidad de continuar en el mercado, constituye el objetivo de la presente investigación. Será por medio del empleo de los Índices de Malmquist, mismos que se derivan de la técnica...

Die vorliegende Studie wurde im ifo Arbeitsbereich Branchenforschung erstellt und im Frühjahr 2005 abgeschlossen. Auftraggeber war das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit. Gegenstand der Studie sind der Stand und die Perspektiven der „New Economy“ in Deutschland sowie ein Vergleich...

Die vorliegende Studie wurde im ifo Arbeitsbereich Branchenforschung erstellt und im Frühjahr 2005 abgeschlossen. Auftraggeber war das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit. Gegenstand der Studie sind der Stand und die Perspektiven der „New Economy“ in Deutschland sowie ein Vergleich...

A reduced-form equation relating the log of the capital account ratio to several micro and macro variables, particularly the profitability variable, for the commercial banks in nine European countries over eleven years, 1991-2001, was constructed. The equation consisted of a fixed-effects part...

Theory emphasizes the central role of the structure of networks in the behavior of financial systems and their response to policy. Real-world networks, however, are rarely directly observable: Banks' assets and liabilities are typically known, but not who is lending how much and to whom. We...

In this paper we extend the promotion cure rate model proposed by Chen et al. (1999), by incorporating excess of zeros in the modelling. Despite allowing to relate the covariates to the fraction of cure, the current approach, which is based on a biological interpretation of the causes that...

This study examines the multi-scale impact of financial, newspaper, and Twitter-based uncertainty on bank stock returns in the United States. By combining Principal Component Analysis and Discrete Wavelet Transformation, we estimate directional spillover and causality for different time...

Individual financial systems can be understood as very specific configurations of certain keyelements. Often these configurations remain unchanged for decades. We hypothesize that thereis a specific relationship between key elements, namely that of complementarity. Thus,complementarity seems to...

This paper develops a continuous-time model of liquidity provision by banks, in which customers can deposit and withdraw their funds strategically ...