In this paper we study how the complexity of a bank's business model is related to its returns. Our approach allows for the possibility that bank returns may be retained in part by mobile and powerful bankers and that the amount of rent extraction may vary across different lines of business....

We study the evolution of pay in US bank holding companies since 1986 using a structural model of the banking firm. The model incorporates a strong complementarity between capital provided by shareholders and bankers' talent and its non-contractible effort. Bankers' pay is given as solution to...

This paper explores the implications of alternative contracting arrangements in an industry comprised of firms of different sizes which are paired with managers with different talents and who exert effort that cannot be monitored by investors. Assuming a technology which exhibits strong...