We develop a dynamic model of banking to assess the effects of liquidity and leverage requirements on banks' insolvency … risk. In this model, banks face taxation, flotation costs of securities, and default costs and maximize shareholder value …

core. The estimated model matches four facts about banks' Tobin's Q that summarize bank leverage dynamics. (1) Book and … nor market leverage constraints are binding for most banks; (4) bank leverage and Tobin's Q are mean reverting but highly …

This paper examines banks' disclosures and loss recognition in the financial crisis and identifies several core issues …, banks' disclosures about relevant risk exposures were relatively sparse. Such disclosures came later after major concerns … about banks' exposures had arisen in markets. Similarly, the recognition of loan losses was relatively slow and delayed …

financial stability. Our analysis suggests that, going into the financial crisis, banks' disclosures about relevant risk … exposures were relatively sparse. Such disclosures came later after major concerns about banks' exposures had arisen in markets …. Similarly, banks delayed the recognition of loan losses. Banks' incentives seem to drive this evidence, suggesting that …

banks in the time period between 1995 and 2013, before the Basel III liquidity regulation to address excessive maturity …. Using a dataset that contains information on critical events of German banks, we find that financing loans using fewer … customer deposits would have been associated with a higher probability of financial distress for savings banks and credit …

banks in the time period between 1995 and 2013, before the Basel III liquidity regulation to address excessive maturity …. Using a dataset that contains information on critical events of German banks, we find that financing loans using fewer … customer deposits would have been associated with a higher probability of financial distress for savings banks and credit …

We explore the actions of financially distressed banks in two distinct periods that include financial crises (1985 … widespread belief that distressed banks gamble for resurrection, we document that distressed banks take actions to reduce … forces beyond formal regulations incentivize bank managers to deleverage when their banks are in distress …

banks using a non-parametric Monte Carlo re-sampling method following Carey [1998]. Our results are based on a panel data … set containing both loan and internal rating data from the banks complete business loan portfolios over the period 1997 … businesses in the sample is rated by both banks, we can generate loss distributions for SME, retail and corporate credit …

been given a central role. Although much research has been done on external ratings, much less is known about banks … the complete business loan portfolios of two Swedish banks and a credit bureau over the period 1997-2000. We study rating … portfolio with identical counterparts, substantial differences in the implied riskiness between banks. Such differences could …