We examine which traditional asset pricing variables together with bank-specific accounting variables explain the cross …-sectional variation of future bank stock returns, using a firm-level data of eight Asian countries. Our empirical evidence shows that … exchange rate risk, firm size, the book-to-market ratio, and the net income ratio are important in explaining future bank stock …

This paper analyzes the causal relationship between institutional diversity in domestic banking sectors and bank … stability. We use a large bank- and country-level unbalanced panel data set covering the EU member states' banking sectors … of institutional diversity in the domestic banking sector positively affects bank stability. The positive relationship …

issues. Our findings indicate that MENA banks are still operating under monopolistic competition conditions. With regards to … political instability, bank revenues is negatively affected by such matter and policies that favour deregulation and a more …

This paper investigates the effect of bank competition and financial stability on economic growth by examining panel …-data from 38 European countries over 2001 to 2017. Bank competition is measured with the Boone indicator, and bank stability … effect of economic growth, and reverse causality in its estimation. Results show that bank stability significantly …

The global financial crisis underlined that sound and effective bank regulation is vital to financial stability … outbreak. The crisis reflected the failure of regulatory authorities to keep pace with financial innovation. Bank supervision … had been weak by any measure. Supervisors did not conduct regular onsite bank inspections or examinations of sufficient …

Basel III capital adequacy rules are likely to have limited impacts on economic growth in Asia, but other financial …

that the Basel III capital adequacy rules are likely to have limited impacts on economic growth in Asia, but other …

contractually agreed and damage the balance sheet of the U.S. banks, with the presence of bank capital requirement constraint, U …

intermediation cost in banking. Hence, bank managers in their efforts to overcome asymmetric information issues and to improve … preserve bank opacity. Our findings highlight that bank opacity issues are even more costly in countries with higher …