We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … supporting the bad management and efficiency version of the moral hazard hypotheses. In contrast, bank efficiency improvements … contribute to shore up bank capital levels. Our findings suggest that banks lagging behind in their efficiency levels might …

We study the implications of the value at risk concept for the bank's optimum amount of equity capital under credit … managerial and market factors. Furthermore, the bank's equity and asset/liability management has to be addressed simultaneously … by bank managers. …