significantly influencing the risk-taking attitudes of bank managers. Particularly, we intend to substantiate the theory that banks … banking sectors due to a missing ability to monitor bank managers. Our results underline that these problems appear to mislead … bank managers showing an unreasonable risk-taking behavior. In a first stage, we rely on a theoretical model explaining …

This paper reviews the market reaction to bank rescue packages announced in six countries between October 2008 and … shareholders as seen in the movement of bank stock prices. Government interventions benefited creditors at the expense of … shareholders, with bank CDS spreads narrowing around the announcements in all cases. Despite a brief positive reaction, bank stock …

This paper examines the relation between bank branch deregulation and corporate borrowers' stock price crash risk … that the negative relation between bank branch deregulation and stock price crash risk is more pronounced among firms that … removing restrictions on bank branch expansion, bank deregulation also helps protect shareholders' wealth …