Turkish Abstract: Yabancı para islemler gerek kur riski tasımaları gerekse bankaların bu islemlerden gelir etmeleri nedeniyle bankaların önem verdikleri islemlerdir. 2006-2011 döneminde aktif ve pasif içindeki yabancı para kalemleri önemli bir paya sahip olmustur. Ancak, ülkemizin...

Turkish Abstract: Bu çalışmada, bilanço dışı hesapların özellikleri, banka grupları itibariyle bilanço dışı faaliyetlerinin büyüklüğü ve gelişimi, bankacılık sektöründe 2006-2011 yılları arasındaki gelişmeler ile risk ve karlılık açısından etkileri...

This paper investigates the causal effects of voluntary information disclosures on a bank's expected default probability, enterprise risk, and value. I measure disclosure via a self-constructed index for the largest 80 U.S. bank holding companies for the period 1998-2011. I provide evidence that...

We examine the role of dynamic covenant threshold values in syndicated loan agreements. We document that 45% of syndicated loans specify dynamic covenant thresholds in earnings-based covenants and that these changing thresholds typically become tighter over the life of a loan. We find that...

We find that in the aftermath of the recent financial crisis banks replenished only 12% of crisis-related losses through SEOs in 2009 and 2010. However, SEOs are disproportionately conducted by Capital Purchase Program (CPP) recipients, and this is not explained by CPP recipients' economic and...

We study the voting rules to modify, amend, and renegotiate syndicated loan contracts. We base our hypotheses on a model that shows how amendment thresholds can mitigate agency conflicts within the lending syndicate. Consistent with our model predictions, we find that voting rules are more...

We examine the relationship between equity risk and the use of financial derivatives with a sample of 555 banks from eighteen developed markets from 2006 to 2015. Our main findings suggest that banks' use of financial derivatives increased their risk. This increase in risk can be driven by...

Despite their importance, the discussion of spillover effects in empirical research often misses the rigor dedicated to endogeneity concerns. We analyze a broad set of workhorse models of firm interactions and show that spillovers naturally arise in many corporate finance settings. This has...

TThere has been debate over the economic consequences of accounting conservatism in debt contracting. We contribute to this debate by arguing that the prospect of signaling project return may give rise to the demand for conservative accounting, even though it may not improve contracting...

This study seeks to address Li (2010) call for further research examining accounting items in the context of disclosure analysis. In particular this study seeks to explain the amount and type of repo narratives in 10-K filings through the legitimacy and agency theories. I find that in line with...