The purpose of this work is to find the influence of a set of bank characteristics (market share, principal … profitability, cost of debt and corporate leverage. The novelty of this study resides in the use of new bank characteristics and an … original variable representing board ability to cope with bank relations. Furthermore, and to the best of our knowledge, it is …

This paper aims to analyze the determinants of profitability and bank efficiency in the Iberian Peninsula. To achieve … positive and negative non-linear relationship between bank size and their levels of profitability and efficiency, respectively. …

This paper investigates how bank characteristics (market share, principal shareholders, profitability, and size), and … by company size. Our findings allowed us to observe the crucial negative role of multiple bank relations, but only on the … returns of small companies. A decrease in bank relations led to an increase in debt cost and reduced leverage across larger …