We empirically investigate whether a bank's decision to recapitalize is influenced by the separation between voting and … cash-flow rights of the ultimate owner. We use a novel dataset on bank ultimate control and ownership structure of 442 … more pronounced if the ultimate owner is a family or a state, or if the bank is headquartered in a country with weak …

characteristics (size, composition and functioning of the board) and analyze their impacts on bank performance and bank asset quality … positive impacts on both bank performance and asset quality while bank size has a significantly negative impact on bank … performance. We find new evidence that the degree of bank boards' political connection is negatively correlated with bank …

forfeited if the bank does not meet its capital requirements. This memo underscores the benefits of contingent deferred …

The crisis in Europe has underscored the vulnerability of European bank funding models compared to international peers …. This paper studies the drivers behind this fragility and examines the future of bank funding, primarily wholesale, in … possible policy options and bank actions to enhance European bank funding models' robustness …

This paper empirically investigates whether a bank's decision to adjust its capital is influenced by the existence of a … bank is headquartered in a country with relatively weak shareholder protection. Moreover, this behavior is tempered during …

We investigate the effects of managerial incentives and market power on bank risk-taking for a sample of 212 large U ….S. bank holding companies over the period 1997-2004 (comprising 1,534 observations). Bank managers have incentives to prefer … less risk, while bank shareholders prefer higher risk, and market power is the centerpiece of any bank regulation. However …

many of these loans are held by more than one bank. We study differences in banks' estimates of risk parameters used to … parameters affect bank credit supply …

default risk and performance in bank holding companies (BHCs) during the recent credit crisis. Using a sample of 371 BHCs, we … bank in BHCs that paid their CEOs relatively higher inside debt …