The purpose of this article is to present the path dependence of regulation as an important engine of evolution of executive compensation in the US financial institutions. In particular, the impact of regulations, including tax laws, accounting principles and disclosure requirements of public...

This study investigates the associations among bank risk-taking, ownership concentration, and the recently proposed standard for capital stability (Basel III). Consistent with theory, the evidence shows that a rise in ownership concentration by one standard deviation increases the extent of...

Changes in the financial market and attempts at implementation of prudential regulation proposals after the recent financial crisis resulted in the scientific conference entitled International Conference on Management, Banking and Finance, held at the Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw,...

This paper analyzes the systemic risk effects of bank mergers to test the “concentration-fragility” hypothesis. We use the marginal expected shortfall as well as the lower tail dependence between a bank’s stock returns and a relevant bank sector index to capture the merger-related change...

In this study, we examine non-government-assisted US commercial bank merger activity prior to and during the recent financial crisis. Mergers that occur throughout the crisis appear to be more significant events for both targets and acquirers. Acquirers seek out relatively larger targets during...

The crisis did not affect the ability of Italian banks to maintain the employment and professional level, with a growing female presence. In terms of international competitiveness, the labour cost structure remains a weak point, with a cost-income ratio above the European average.Among the...

I analyze loan loss reserves during the Global Financial Crises in the late 2000s. I develop a regression model that separates the loan loss reserve account into discretionary and nondiscretionary components. The nondiscretionary (expected) component is based on current, past due, restructured,...

Why do some banks fail in financial crises while others survive? This article answers this question by analysing the effect of the Dutch financial crisis of the 1920s on 142 banks, of which 33 failed. We find that choices of balance sheet composition and product market strategy made in the...

How does the market for corporate control reallocate firm ownership in response to adverse aggregate financial shocks? To answer this question, we develop a tractable model of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) where firms facing different degrees of financial constraints acquire ownership of...

We use a panel data set of European firms to analyse the effects of domestic and international M&As on target firms' investment, growth and financial constraints. Combining propensity score matching with a difference-in-differences estimator, our results indicate that upon acquisition, target...