ownership structure of banks. Particular attention is put on current trends in the ownership structure of banks (e. g. sovereign … wealth funds). The paper is based on a new dataset on shareholdings in listed banks in the EU banking sector. The results …

ownership structure of banks. Particular attention is put on current trends in the ownership structure of banks (e. g. sovereign … wealth funds). The paper is based on a new dataset on shareholdings in listed banks in the EU banking sector. The results …

. The results indicate that banks are systematically more likely to be taken over by foreign credit institutions if the … regulatory process is transparent. Particularly large banks seem to be less likely to be taken over by foreign banks if merger …

making the assumption that balance-sheet resource allocation is indicative of the strategic focus of banks, we also find …

monetary policy was up (down). Overall, we find that competition among banks and competition from financial markets result in a …

This paper analyses the impact of loan market competition on the interest rates applied by euro area banks to loans and … bank interest rates, we likewise find that banks tend to price their loans more in accordance with the market in countries … heavier in the loan market than in the deposit markets, so that banks compensate for their reduction in loan market income by …

amplification mechanism, by which banks overextend and misallocate credit when asset prices rise, and ration it when they drop. The … towards banks, while simultaneously supporting the development of securities markets. …