A growing body of literature indicates that competition increases bank soundness. Applying an industrial organization based approach to large data sets for European and U.S. banks, we offer new empirical evidence that efficiency plays a key role in the transmission from competition to soundness....

This paper assesses the impact of the geographic diversification of bank holding company (BHC) assets across the United States on their market valuations. Using two novel identification strategies based on the dynamic process of interstate bank deregulation, we find that exogenous increases in...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Bank Stability And Market Concentration In The Emerging Capital Markets Of Southeast Asia -- Chapter 3: Bank Competition + Market Concentration = Financial Stability? -- Chapter 4: Does Income Diversification Enhance Bank Efficiency And Stability In Periods...