This paper aims to estimate bank efficiency differences across member states of the European Union and tries to explain … their causes. We show on an empirical basis that the level and spread of bank efficiency in the EU and their changes are … limited cross-sectional comparison through time. …

variation in the data based on the theories of bank capital regulation. The results show that countries with high average …

variation in the data based on the theories of bank capital regulation. The results show that countries with high average …

rest of Europe and the rest of the world, we find evidence that geographic income diversification reduces bank performance … the world income and find that they reduce the bank performance except for the banks that are already more concentrated in …

conditional correlations between European bank stock indices. These correlations are used as an indication for the …

This study examines the cross-border impact of central bank interest rate changes, using the example of the German … Bundesbank. We examine the price impact of rate changes on both the general stock markets and on bank stocks in seven other … transfers. Both nonGerman bank stocks and general equities react significantly to a large number of the Bundesbank rate changes …

In this paper, we analyse whether bank owners or bank managers were the driving force behind the risks incurred in the … manager-controlled banks. The results are robust to controlling for a wide variety of bank specific, country specific …, regulatory and legal variables. Regulation does not seem to mitigate risk taking by bank owners. We find no evidence that profit …

In this paper, we analyse whether bank owners or bank managers were the driving force behind the risks incurred in the … manager-controlled banks. The results are robust to controlling for a wide variety of bank specific, country specific …, regulatory and legal variables. Regulation does not seem to mitigate risk taking by bank owners. We find no evidence that profit …

show some evidence that the X-efficiency of a foreign-owned bank is strongly influenced by the competitiveness of its home …