concerned about being induced to finance bad risk projects when conditions deteriorate. A monopoly bank provides the socially … schlechten Projekte zu finanzieren. Eine monopolistische Bank leistet die sozial-optimale Auswahl guter Risiken, aber die …

This paper investigates whether there is any consistency between banks’ financial strength ratings (bank rating) and … they assume and thereby have a low probability of experiencing financial distress. Bank ratings, a measure of a bank …’s intrinsic safety and soundness, should therefore be able to capture the bank’s ability to manage financial distress while …