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and above the normal charge-offs. This paper examines the risk associated with post-merger variability in the charge … measure of risk to profitability in a bank's loan portfolio based on traditional portfolio theory. This measure is used to … examine the risk levels in the loan portfolios of merging bank holding companies (BHCs) and the change in risk that occurs in …
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and above the normal charge-offs. This paper examines the risk associated with post-merger variability in the charge … measure of risk to profitability in a bank's loan portfolio based on traditional portfolio theory. This measure is used to … examine the risk levels in the loan portfolios of merging bank holding companies (BHCs) and the change in risk that occurs in …
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Prior research has addressed the question of whether certain events cause a transfer of wealth between stockholders and bondholders but does not control for the events' impacts on firms' credit risk. This may explain why many studies fail to identify wealth transfers. By employing announcements...
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risk on average. This effect is particularly pronounced for pre-merger low-risk insurers and reinsurers. As Solvency II … generally aims to enhance the soundness of the insurance sector and its firms, policymakers should be aware of this merger … study reveals that merger-related default risk changes are mostly driven by acquirer characteristics and to a limited extent …
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Wealth transfer effects between stockholders and bondholders on the announcement date of changes in a firm's credit rating have primarily been examined a) for one type of security; b) on US capital markets; and c) by applying standard event study methods. In contrast to these investigations, we...
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Exploiting differential interstate branching deregulation across contiguous counties of adjacent states, we investigate the effect of entry threat on incumbent banks' loan loss provisions. Incumbents exposed to entry threat have offsetting incentives; lower provisions make their loan...
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In the recent theoretical literature on lending risk, the coordination problem in multi-creditor relationships have been analyzed extensively. We address this topic empirically, relying on a unique panel data set that includes detailed credit-file information on distressed lending relationships...
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We examine the impact on a firm when it is exogenously forced to switch its bank relationship from one branch to … another branch of the same bank. We show the effect depends directly on the relative balance between the hard accounting … information provided to the bank by the firm, as part of the bank's internal credit rating system and the provision of soft …
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