banks in the time period between 1995 and 2013, before the Basel III liquidity regulation to address excessive maturity …. Using a dataset that contains information on critical events of German banks, we find that financing loans using fewer … customer deposits would have been associated with a higher probability of financial distress for savings banks and credit …

banks in the time period between 1995 and 2013, before the Basel III liquidity regulation to address excessive maturity …. Using a dataset that contains information on critical events of German banks, we find that financing loans using fewer … customer deposits would have been associated with a higher probability of financial distress for savings banks and credit …

of distressed banks. We first explore the principal features of corporate bankruptcy law. Next, we examine the specific … characteristics that distinguish banks from other corporations, and argue that these features are largely neglected in corporate …

of distressed banks. We first explore the principal features of corporate bankruptcy law. Next, we examine the specific … characteristics that distinguish banks from other corporations, and argue that these features are largely neglected in corporate …

The moral hazard incentives of the bank safety net predict that distressed banks take on more risk and higher leverage … include financial crises and are subject to different regulatory regimes (1985–1994, 2005–2014). We find that distressed banks …

the Hungarian and German BLs implemented in 2010 and 2011, respectively, on the banks' risk-taking behavior. Our analysis … compares two completely different BL designs. The German BL is designed to increase as banks' total liabilities increase, while … the Hungarian BL is assessed on total assets. The results unambiguously demonstrate that a BL on assets increases banks …

German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However, the success of bank mergers remains a continuous … CE levels above the average of non-merging banks. Second, banks must exhibit CE changes between merger and evaluation … year above efficiency changes of non-merging banks. We employ this taxonomy to characterise (successful) mergers in terms …

directions since then: Italy privatized its publicly-owned banks while Germany has maintained a large share of state …-owned savings banks. Contemporaneously, banks in both markets engaged heavily in mergers and acquisitions. We analyze how these … activities have affected banks' productivity in the period 1994-2004, differentiating between technical change, efficiency change …

the remuneration of non-executive bank employees with bank performance using a sample of 180 cooperative banks that spans … governance of small and regional banks. …

techniques, the paper also quantifies ex ante the expected relative reduction of RRE loans in the banks' portfolios. Specifically …