This paper extends the literature on bank capital structure by modeling capital structure as a function of important … public policy and bank regulatory characteristics of the home country, as well as of bank-specific variables, country …. The results indicate that bank capital ratios are significantly affected in the hypothesized directions by most of the …

The recent literature on measuring bank performance indicates a preference for sophisticated techniques over simple … accounting ratios. We explore the results and relationships between bank efficiency estimates using accounting ratios and Data … the traditional accounting ratios and the sophisticated DEA methodology in the measurement of bank efficiency. GLS random …

The recent literature on measuring bank performance indicates a preference for sophisticated techniques over simple … accounting ratios. We explore the results and relationships between bank efficiency estimates using accounting ratios and Data … the traditional accounting ratios and the sophisticated DEA methodology in the measurement of bank efficiency. GLS random …

matter whether it is organized as part of a universal bank or in a separate institution. Next, the paper shows that relative …

opening of 420 million bank accounts, of which 53.26% belonged to women, though surveys have suggested that almost 55% of …

It is well recognized that relationship banking helps to relieve the credit constraints faced by SMEs to access bank … social capital factors, and the styleof the bank-borrowerrelationship. Along with bank, firm, and market factors, trust …

on bank profitability differs depending on the type of fee and commission income. Our results support the view that …

In recent years, assets of non-bank financial intermediaries (NBFIs) have grown significantly relative to those of …. We argue instead that NBFI and bank businesses and risks are so interwoven that they are better described as having … contingent liquidity risk from the provision of credit lines to NBFIs; and (iii) Empirical work confirms bank-NBFI linkages …

governmen-owned bank mergers. We compare forced to voluntary bank exits and show that the former cause better bank profitability … and efficiency at the expense of riskier financial profiles. Regarding real effects, firms exposed to forced bank mergers …