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Recent studies have presented evidence of scale economies for large banks, providing a rationale for some very large banks seen worldwide. In this study, we focus on the negative side of bank size which relates to monitoring costs. In particular, we show that the relationship between size and...
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This paper investigates the effect of a firm's organizational structure on its debt financing activities. Using corporate diversification strategy as an identification tool for organizational structure, we find that diversified firms have significantly lower loan rates than comparable focused...
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We examine whether bank earnings volatility depends on bank size and the degree of concentration in the banking sector …
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Using a broad bank-level dataset and the GMM estimator technique described by Arellano and Bover (1995), this paper analyzes how bank-specific characteristics, macroeconomic variables, and industry-specific factors affect the profitability of 10,165 commercial banks across 118 countries over the...
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are distinctive in nature as per the banking in- dustry compared to non-financial firms. …
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We examine whether bank earnings volatility depends on bank size and the degree of concentration in the banking sector …
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volatility in the wake of financial crises than small banks. Moreover, earnings volatility is lower in less concentrated banking …
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I analyze the repayment decisions of firms with multiple loans that, for liquidity constraints or strategic reasons, stop making payments in some but not all their loans. Using a sample of commercial loans from Colombia over the period 2002:03 - 2012:06, I find that firms are less likely to stop...
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of banking institutions …
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This paper aims at discussing the specificity of the banking governance and analysing the ownership structure of the … Italian banking groups. Summing up, the theses here argued are: 1) the specificity of the banking activity restricts the role …; 2) it is not possible to define a sole optimal model of banking governance; however, the market in which the bank is …
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