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The marketability of bank assets and managerial rents: implications for financial stability
Fecht, Falko; Wagner, Wolf - 2007
Ongoing financial innovation and greater information availability increase the tradability of bank assets and reduce … banks' dependence on individual bank managers as private information in the lending process declines. In this paper we argue … bank managers and shareholders becomes less severe. Consequently, banks' capital structure needs to be less concerned with …
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On Risk, Leverage and Banks: Do highly Leveraged Banks take on Excessive Risk?
Koudstaal, Martin; van Wijnbergen, Sweder - 2012
This paper deals with the relation between excessive risk taking and capital structure in banks. Examining a quarterly dataset of U.S. banks between 1993 and 2010, we find that equity is valued higher when more risky portfolios are chosen when leverage is high, and that more risk taking has a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326471
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Are bank holding companies a source of strength to their banking subsidiaries?
Ashcraft, Adam B. - 2004
particular, I find that a bank affiliated with a multi-bank holding company is significantly safer than either a stand-alone bank … or a bank affiliated with a one-bank holding company. Not only does affiliation reduce the probability of future … other banks. Moreover, the effects of affiliation are strengthened for an expanding bank holding company. However, the …
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Public disclosure, risk, and performance at bank holding companies
Hirtle, Beverly - 2007
This paper examines the relationship between the amount of information disclosed by bank holding companies (BHCs) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283481
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DIE INTERNATIONALE FINANZKRISE:URSACHEN, TREIBER, VERÄNDERUNGSBEDARF UNDREFORMANSÄTZE
Rudolph, Bernd - Universität <München> / Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft - 2009
Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Aufarbeitung der Hintergründe der Subprime-Krisesowie der nachfolgenden internationalen Banken- und Finanzkrisen. Auf dieser Basis werden Vorschlägediskutiert, wie die erkannten Schwachstellen im Finanzsystem repariert bzw. behoben...
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Will the Adoption of Basel II Encourage Increased Bank Merger Activity? Evidence from the United States
Hannan, Timothy H.; Pilloff, Steven J. - 2005
This study presents two tests of the hypothesis that adoption of an internal ratings-based approach to determining minimum capital requirements, proposed as part of the Basel II capital accord, would cause adopting banking organizations to increase their acquisition activity. The study employs...
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The political economy of financial systems
Haber, Stephen H.; Perotti, Enrico C. - 2008
This survey reviews the literature on the political economy of financial structure, broadly defined to include the size of capital markets and banking systems as well as the distribution of access to external finance across firms.The theoretical literature on the institutional basis for...
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A dynamic model of bank behaviour under multiple regulatory constraints
Behn, Markus; Daminato, Claudio; Salleo, Carmelo - 2019
We develop a dynamic structural model of bank behaviour that provides a microeconomic foundation for bank capital and …
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Bank leverage, welfare, and regulation
Admati, Anat R.; Hellwig, Martin - 2018 - Revised January 14, 2019
it reflects special liquidity benefits of bank debt. Even aside from neglecting the systemic damage to the economy that …
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Has "too big to fail" been solved? : a longitudinal analysis of major U.S. banks
Thosar, Satish; Schwandt, Bradley - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 12 (2019) 1/24, pp. 1-14
In the wake of the global financial crisis that erupted in 2008, there has been extensive commentary and regulatory focus on the 'Too Big to Fail' issue. In this paper, we survey the proposed solutions and regulatory initiatives that have been undertaken. We conduct a longitudinal analysis of...
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