As the euro area has a predominantly bank-based financial system, changes in the composition and strength of banks … developments in banks’ balance sheets, profitability and risk-bearing capacity and analyses their relevance for monetary policy. We …

ownership structure of banks. Particular attention is put on current trends in the ownership structure of banks (e. g. sovereign … wealth funds). The paper is based on a new dataset on shareholdings in listed banks in the EU banking sector. The results …

ownership structure of banks. Particular attention is put on current trends in the ownership structure of banks (e. g. sovereign … wealth funds). The paper is based on a new dataset on shareholdings in listed banks in the EU banking sector. The results …

exposes banks to stricter market discipline, then decreases the risk-taking behaviors of bank management compared with non …-payers, consistent with the Dividend-Stability Channel. However, among banks that pay dividends, excessive dividends makes them riskier …

financial stability. Our analysis suggests that, going into the financial crisis, banks' disclosures about relevant risk … exposures were relatively sparse. Such disclosures came later after major concerns about banks' exposures had arisen in markets …. Similarly, banks delayed the recognition of loan losses. Banks' incentives seem to drive this evidence, suggesting that …

monopoly. This paper explores the degree of competition in the credit market of Argentina in the period 2002-2007. The …

We show that negative monetary policy rates induce systemic banks to reach-for-yield. For identification, we exploit … the 26 largest euro area banking groups. Banks with more customer deposits are negatively affected by negative rates, as … higher returns. Effects are stronger for less capitalized banks, private sector (financial and non-financial) securities and …

In this paper, we analyse a relationship between net interest margin (NIM) of EU banks and market interest rates in a … low-interest rate environment. We contribute to the literature when examining a large sample of annual data on 629 banks … investigated banks. Second, a higher market concentration, proxied by the Herfindahl index, leads to higher NIM. Finally, we show a …