The impact of strong emotions or mood on decision making and risk taking is well recognized in behavioral economics and finance. Yet, and in spite of the immense interest, no study, so far, has provided any comprehensive evidence on the impact of weather conditions. This paper provides the...

We consider two agency-theory-based structural models and a reduced form model of bank inefficiency. The two structural models assume that the inefficiencies and quantities are sequentially and simultaneously determined, respectfully. The reduced form model assumes that inefficiency of a bank...

This paper studies the relationship between liquidity demand risk, deposit diversification and insurance in 12 countries during the period 2005-2014. We capture liquidity risk by focusing on the unfunded loan commitments. We find that higher diversification in the deposit base can reduce the...

We examine the effect of governance on analysts' earnings forecasts. We contribute in the literature by opting for indicators of country governability, such as the quality of government regulations, rule of law and government effectiveness. By employing a comprehensive data set for over 912 US...

This paper examines the productivity growth of banks around the world. We opt for a novel parametric methodology that decomposes productivity growth into different components, and in particular into a ‘shadow' quasi-fixed input that would impose negative externalities to bank performance....

This paper examines the behaviour of the demand for money in Greece during 1976:1-2000:4, a period that included many of the influences that cause money-demand instability. Two empirical methodologies, vector error correction (VEC) modelling and second-generation random coefficient (RC)...

This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 on the wellbeing of individuals in Great Britain, as measured by life satisfaction and happiness, by analysing the dramatic drop in travel during this time. The Bayesian VAR model considers a range of exogenous and endogenous variables, including...

This paper presents of theoretical specification of a quadratic loss function based on forward looking rational expectations to model the underlying dynamics of operational performance of the banking industry. As an empirical application we examine the determinants of total operating costs...

We employ the stochastic frontier methodology and estimate alternative profit efficiency in the banking industry of four new European Union Member States, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic, over the period 1999-2003. Our results show that structural reforms in...

In this paper, we utilize stochastic frontier analysis to estimate the impact of the regulations and institutions on bank efficiency through analyzing 389 savings and commercial banks in 11 Asian countries during the period 2000-2012. We find that activity restriction, capital requirement,...