This paper examines the properties of the X-inefficiencies in U.S. bank holding companies derived from both stochastic … frontier scores are more closely related to risk-taking behavior, managerial competence, and bank stock returns. Based on these …

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 …

asymmetries between the parties involved, especially when prior bank-borrower relationships are weak or non-existent. Banks that … for the simultaneous determination of LBO financing terms, we find that a one-standard-deviation increase in bank … average loan size of $363 million. These findings suggest that bank networks play a crucial role in facilitating LBO financing …

Basel framework for bank's capital adequacy has been criticized for its over reliance on external credit rating … bank from a more holistic point of view. Here, we attain all the above issues and provide a comprehensive framework … regarding bank's capital adequacy and liquidity requirements which is claimed to settle all the aforementioned issues and …

driven by the increase in deposit demand before or after the bank SEO and are robust with alternative placebo-matched samples …. Our findings point to risk-taking by banks and highlight the importance of bank regulation on bank size …

countries over the period 1993 to 2007. A bank's ability to adjust its capital ratio is influenced by corporate governance …, public policy, market structure, and bank regulatory characteristics of the countries. In institutional environments with …

Using a worldwide bank sample from 2000 to 2010, this article analyzes the determinants of bank lending behavior during … the global financial crisis highlighting the role of bank capital. It reveals that the high quality of the bank funding … strategy (tier 1 bank capital and retail deposits) and prevalent government backing were crucial to continuous bank lending …