The "market discipline" of off-balance sheet banking activities (OBSA) has been reexamined by employing contingent claims valuation techniques to derive implied asset variances from bank equity and deposit insurance, and from risk-premia for bank subordinated debt. Specifically implied asset...

The empirical literature, to date, has ignored the impact of Off-balance sheet (OBS) banking activities on the default-risk premia borne by bank subordinated debtholders. This paper examines the "market discipline" of OBS activities by employing a contingent claims pricing model to the...

The "market discipline" of off-balance sheet banking activities (OBSA) has been reexamined by employing contingent claims valuation techniques to derive implied asset variances from bank equity and deposit insurance, and from risk-premia for bank subordinated debt. Specifically implied asset...

The empirical literature, to date, has ignored the impact of Off-balance sheet (OBS) banking activities on the default-risk premia borne by bank subordinated debtholders. This paper examines the "market discipline" of OBS activities by employing a contingent claims pricing model to the...