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Testing the contestability in Kuwait banking industry

Al‐Muharrami, Saeed - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 25 (2008) 4, pp. 253-266

Purpose – The two aims of this paper are: first, to investigate the market structure of Kuwait banking industry and …/value – This original paper investigates the market structure of Kuwaiti banking industry and evaluates the monopoly power of banks …

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Recent evidence on efficiency in Southern European banking

Papadopoulos, Simeon; Karagiannis, Stelios - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 26 (2009) 2, pp. 95-112

Southern European banking. Design/methodology/approach – The flexible Fourier functional form of the stochastic cost frontier …

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Lead bank quality and adverse rating announcements

Hsu, Wei‐Huei; Mamun, Abdullah; Rose, Lawrence C. - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 27 (2010) 4, pp. 340-357

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine whether the market values the monitoring activity undertaken by a quality bank in the presence of a credit rating agency. Specifically, the question is asked whether the quality of a lead lending bank influences a market reaction to adverse rating...

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An empirical analysis of Iran's banking performance

Arjomandi, Amir; Harvie, Charles; Valadkhani, Abbas - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 29 (2012) 4, pp. 287-300

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficiency and productivity growth of the Iranian banking … productivity changes in a banking context. The advantage of this approach over the popular constant‐returns‐to‐scale Malmquist … returns to scale. The paper assumes that the production technology exhibits variable returns to scale. Findings – The banking …

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A new theory of innovation and growth: the role of banking intermediation and corruption

Jalles, João Tovar - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 33 (2016) 4, pp. 488-500

role for politics and banking. Findings Assuming that technologically advanced firms are located in developed countries and … former group of countries. Better institutions stimulate entry by reducing banking screening costs and entry is more growth … an explicit role for politics and banking. …

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Integrated thinking as a cultural control?

Dumay, John; Dai, Tim - In: Meditari Accountancy Research 25 (2017) 4, pp. 574-604

IIRC. Findings In ResBank’s case, we find that the responsible banking culture that was in place prior to joining the Pilot …

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“Too big to downgrade”: the response of financial analysts to bond downgrades of money center banks

Schweitzer, Robert; Szewczyk, Samuel H.; Varma, Raj - In: Managerial Finance 26 (2000) 2, pp. 31-41

Outlines previous research on the effects of bond rating changes on the share prices of US banks, noting opposing views on whether they contain new information. Examines revisions in analysts’ earnings forecasts for downgraded and non‐downgraded banks (separating regional banks from large...

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The impact of the failure of Continental Illinois and the too‐big‐to‐fail doctrine on changes in operating efficiency

Black, Harold A.; Cary Collins, M.; Robinson, Breck L. - In: Managerial Finance 26 (2000) 2, pp. 42-56

Bank, reviews relevant research and explores the impact on the efficiency of the banking system. Uses 1983‐1985 call report …

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Risk adjusted performance measurement and capital allocation for trading desks within banks

Ploegmakers, Hein; Schweitzer, Mark; Tourani Rad, Alireza - In: Managerial Finance 26 (2000) 3, pp. 39-50

Compares four risk‐adjusted performance measures and explains their importance, to banking in particular. Applies the …

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Investment opportunity sets, accounting‐based regulatory contracts, and accounting discretion

McLelland, Malcolm J. - In: Managerial Finance 27 (2001) 3, pp. 16-30

Refers to previous research to suggest that US commercial bank managers use discretion to “manage” regulatory capital and that accounting discretion can influence a bank’s investment opportunity set (IOS) and therefore its share price. Challenges the assumption that using accounting...

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