This study is an empirical investigation of theoretical predictions concerning the impact of bank competition on bank … banking increases, the loan-to-asset ratio will rise (under reasonable assumptions), but the probability of bank failure can … either increase or decrease. However, the probability of bank failure will fall if and only if borrowers' response to take on …

This paper studies how capital requirements influence a bank's mode of entry into foreign financial markets. We develop … a model of an internationally operating bank that creates and allocates liquidity across countries and argue that the … internal capital markets, on which a multinational bank relies to allocate liquidity across countries. Capital requirements …