-of-payments, view. They show that what appears to be a global shrinkage of bank positions is actually driven by European banks. These … dataset of banks' affiliates (branches and subsidiaries), we demonstrate that the who (i.e., bank nationality) accounts for … more of the peak-to-trough shrinkage in foreign claims than does the where (i.e., locational factors). We relate bank …

In this paper, I build a continuous-time macro-finance model in which firms can access both bond credit and bank credit …. The model captures the simple idea that the presence of bond financing lowers the price elasticity of demand for bank …

This paper argues that creditors reflect the financial-safety-net aspect of bank lobbying, plausibly considering the … connection between bank lobbying and government bailouts. Using a structural approach, I show that bank lobbying is negatively … associated with the occurrence of a run-like equilibrium, as is deposit insurance. The estimated effect on bank risk and value is …

In this paper, we examine the influence of bank regulation, concentration, and financial and institutional development … on commercial bank margins and profitability across a broad selection of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries …. We cover the 1989-2005 period and control for a wide array of macroeconomic, financial, and bank characteristics. The …

). Because regulations affecting bank entry varied considerably across states and the industrial organization of the U.S. banking …

While the literature on capital adequacy and bank recapitalization agrees on the importance of a minimum capital …