which compares changes in CSBs that issue Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) to those that do not, we find that bank …-on-assets (ROA) after a bank's IPO. We also find that pursuant to the IPOs by their lending banks, various measures of borrowers' FRQ …

Per unit bank operating costs are found to vary significantly across Asian countries and over time. The strong … correlation between per unit labor cost and physical capital cost suggests that there exist systematic differences in bank …. Significant differences in labor cost share across countries suggest cross-country differences in bank production functions. The …

This is a case study of the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch merger. It is based on the article, Fiduciary Exemption … reviews in depth the circumstances under the federal government threatened to fire the board and management of Bank of America …

We develop a model of the joint capital structure decisions of banks and their borrowers. Strikingly high bank leverage … emerges naturally from the interplay between two sets of forces. First, seniority and diversification reduce bank asset … and fragility. Deposit insurance and the expectation of government bailouts increase not only bank risk taking, but also …

This paper examines the relationship between bank capital inflows and financial stability. Using a sample of publicly …-traded commercial banks in Asia over the 2002-2008 period, our empirical results show that higher banking inflows measured by the share … of foreign liabilities in banking reduces systematic risk, but increases bank-specific risk and total risk. A deeper …

and bank managers to minimize the size of non-performing loans. After examining 82 banks from US, Europe, Asia and Africa … predictive power of each bank-specific factor (excluding loan diversification), regulatory variable and macroeconomic indicator …

We investigate the impact of the interaction of disclosure and ownership structure on bank risk. Using a sample of 209 … commercial banks from Asia during the 2004-2010 period, we find that disclosure is negatively associated with income volatility … by individual bank default risk. Furthermore, a deeper investigation shows that disclosure on income statement, loans …

Corporate governance (CG) in banking industry of Thailand has evolved significantly after the 1997 Asia Crisis. The … international standard such as OECD and BIS guidelines has been closely followed. Bank of Thailand (BoT) has continuously updated …