In this study, we examine the options market reaction to bank loan announcements for the population of US firms with … traded options and loan announcements during 1996-2010. We get evidence on a significant options market reaction to bank loan …

We examine whether CDS contracts written on individual banks are effective leading indicators of bank financial … distress during a period of systemic bank crisis. Changes in CDS spreads are found to yield a robust signal of failure across a … measures of bank distress, including rating downgrades and accounting risk …

This study investigates the efficiency effect of bank mergers in Vietnam between 2007 and 2011. The findings suggest … banks and reduces the number of possible combinations of mergers. Thereafter, 59 possible bank mergers (PBMs) out of 136 are …

independent variables (asset utilization, operational efficiency and bank size) on financial performance indicators (net interest …

We examine the dynamic behavior of bank capital using a global sample of 64 countries during the 1994–2010 period …

Litigation against a bank is indicative of misconduct risk because it suggests a failure to process customer complaints … based on a panel of complaints submitted to the Italian Ombudsman. We find that bank profits and financial health are strong … determinants of potential and actual illegal behaviour, respectively. We control for the level of bank-client contentiousness at …

relationship with performance and risk in banks. The sub-group analysis related with bank performance shows a clear and significant … ownership is negatively associated with bank performance. Results of the whole investigation and directions for scholars are …

accounting for the endogeneity of supply-chain and banking relationships, using bank branch location as an instrument for common … fear that sensitive information might leak through the bank to the supply-chain partner …