Does an increase in competition increase or decrease bank stability? I exploit how the state-specific process of … significantly increases bank stability. This result is robust to the inclusion of additional fixed effects and other influences … loans and increases bank profitability. These findings suggest that competition increases stability as it improves bank …

analyze the multiplicity and stability of the equilibrium. …

relevant sectors (CPRSs)), and banking sector stability. We use temperature and precipitation climate data, identify 5 CPRSs … and their quarterly outputs, construct a banking sector stability index, and examine the time-varying linkages of these … variables. Effectively, we assess the response of banking sector stability to sectoral output shocks arising from physical and …