supervisory information on the repricing maturity profiles of Swiss banks and provides us with an individual measure of interest … of realized interest rate risk exposure weakening the bank's economic capital. Second, due to the banks' heterogeneity in … regions. Finally, bank lending seems to be mainly driven by capital rather than liquidity, suggesting that a higher …

sample of 108 large international banks, our empirical analysis suggests that reductions in short-term interest rates are … for business and financial cycle conditions and different bank-specific characteristics such as liquidity, capitalisation …, funding costs, bank risk and income diversification. We find that the impact of low rates on the profitability of banks …

liquidity & interest rate discovery; (6) role of interest rates; (7) an optimal rate of interest: the natural rate …

interest rates; (3) composition of interest rates; (4) interest rate discovery; (5) bank liquidity & interest rate discovery …

The paper examines the bank lending activities of banks in a low interest rate environment. External financing of small … banking regulation. The panel estimation includes 706 banks from 15 Euro area member states and is conducted for the period …

high-deposit financed banks. Given the importance of relationship banking, the extended credit is granted mainly by smaller … banks and via existing credit relationships to firms and households. Banks lend more often to indebted customers and to …

) relationship of interest rates; (3) composition of interest rates; (4) interest rate discovery; (5) bank liquidity & interest rate …