profitability. In this study, we examine the impact of capital requirements on the cost of financial intermediation and bank … of financial intermediation and increase bank profitability. The results hold when we use equity to total assets ratio as … on the cost of financial intermediation and bank profitability in Bangladesh. In the empirical analysis, we further …

this study, we argue that bank efficiency generates incentives that can impact banks’ capital holdings and the cost of … positive impact on bank capital during the global financial crisis of 2007–2009. We also observe that on average, banks … intermediation costs. Our results imply the beneficial impact of bank efficiency for bank stability and real economy. …

episodes of intensi fied (systemic) bank risk: specialization (capturing overexposures), differentiation (capturing indirect … nd that both individual and systemic bank risk decrease withspecialization. Indirect connectedness of banks is … particularly (and negatively) related to individual bank risk, whereas direct connectedness of banks is particularly (and …