This paper addresses the impact of corruption on bank risk-taking behavior, using the bank-level data of more than 1200 banks in 35 emerging economies during the period 2000-2012. We find consistent evidence that more severe corruption increases the risk-taking of banks, in favor of the “sand...

This paper addresses the impact of monetary policy on banks' risk-taking levels by using the bank-level panel data from more than 1000 banks in 33 emerging economies during 2000-2012. We find that, consistent with the proposition of the “bank risk-taking channel” of monetary policy...

This paper addresses the impact of foreign ownership on banks' risk-taking behavior. Using the bank-level panel data of more than 1,300 commercial banks in 32 emerging economies during 2000-2013, we find that foreign owned banks take on more risk than their domestic counterparts. We further...