soundness of the banks exemplified by good quality assets, high profitability and sustainable earnings. Bank-lending channel …

In September 2008, as Lehman Brothers struggled to survive, John Thain, CEO of Merrill Lynch, realized that his bank … with Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America, for BofA to acquire Merrill. However, throughout the fourth quarter of 2008 …

ideology of the 1940's led to the nationalisation of The Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), followed by a period of neo-liberalism in … the 1980's and early 1990's in which the bank was privatised. We further argue that the establishment of Kiwibank Ltd … setting we also discuss the political environment as it relates to the nationalisation of the Bank of England. We find that in …

institutions and also highlights the importance of short-term debts over long-term debts in bank financing in Ghana. This finding … financing in Ghana. This significant negative relationship between bank size and profitability suggests that larger banks tend …

We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … supporting the bad management and efficiency version of the moral hazard hypotheses. In contrast, bank efficiency improvements … contribute to shore up bank capital levels. Our findings suggest that banks lagging behind in their efficiency levels might …