their complexity by the Bank for International Settlements and the Federal Reserve. …

We examine whether bank earnings volatility depends on bank size and the degree of concentration in the banking sector … quality of management, leverage, and diversification, we find that bank size reduces return volatility. The negative impact of … bank size on bank earnings volatility decreases (in absolute terms) with market concentration. We also find that larger …

This paper offers evidence that bank managers adjust key strategic variables following a risk and/or valuation signal …. Banks receive a risk signal when they have a substantially higher volatility compared to the best performing bank(s) with … similar business model characteristics, and a valuation signal when they are undervalued relative to the average bank with …

We examine whether bank earnings volatility depends on bank size and the degree of concentration in the banking sector … quality of management, leverage, and diversification, we find that bank size reduces return volatility. The negative impact of … bank size on bank earnings volatility decreases (in absolute terms) with market concentration. We also find that larger …

-, financial industry-, market- and Bank-specific determinants on the performance of the randomly selected 210 UK and USA Banks …

The development of market-based finance and amendments to regulation on bank powers have supported a larger involvement … preventive bank restructurings involving creditors. Scrutiny of banks' soundness increases. Together with the recent … date, such an influence is not explored beyond financial risks. We use granular data from a large panel of US Bank Holding …

We examine whether Fitch support ratings of US banks depend on bank size. Using quarterly data for the period 2004:Q4 … to 2012:Q4 and controlling for several factors that make large and small banks different, we find that bank size is …

Using a novel database containing the time-series details of the organizational structure of individual bank holding … prevailing "modal bank" are better off compared with those pursuing generic diversification. Moreover, we find that early …