the absence of a deep and liquid capital market. A stronger European banking system requires true pan-European banks and a …

the Hungarian and German BLs implemented in 2010 and 2011, respectively, on the banks' risk-taking behavior. Our analysis … compares two completely different BL designs. The German BL is designed to increase as banks' total liabilities increase, while … the Hungarian BL is assessed on total assets. The results unambiguously demonstrate that a BL on assets increases banks …

In Germany banks play a major role in finance. In tranquil times the German banking sector was known as stable but low … known. Meanwhile it became clear that single banks have the potential to destabilize the whole sector. Banking crises and … the following re-stabilization of banks by state intervention are extremely expensive. Against the background of …

In the traditional banking model, loans play a dominant role in banks’ operations. Loan portfolio quality is the main … generator of banks’ results. In the periods of best results, as well as in times of worst performance of banks’ operations, the …

the growth of number of banks, banking network and number of employees. The application of the austerity program in Greece …-performing loans, the reduction of banks operating in Greece due to mergers and acquisitions, bank bankruptcy and withdrawal of foreign … banks. All these resulted in Greece having the most concentrated banking market in the Eurozone. The reduction of the number …

sources of efficiency and productivity of the foreign and domestic banks operating in the Malaysian banking sector. The … attributed to technological progress. The empirical findings suggest that both the domestic and foreign banks have exhibited …

Basel III, regulating the solvency of banks, is to be fully implemented by 2027 while Solvency III directed at insurers … the solvency of banks and insurers in the same way? The first question is motivated by an earlier finding that Basel I and … II risked inducing more rather than less risk-taking by banks, which also holds for Solvency I and II w.r.t. insurers …

exposes banks to stricter market discipline, then decreases the risk-taking behaviors of bank management compared with non …-payers, consistent with the Dividend-Stability Channel. However, among banks that pay dividends, excessive dividends makes them riskier …