We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … supporting the bad management and efficiency version of the moral hazard hypotheses. In contrast, bank efficiency improvements … contribute to shore up bank capital levels. Our findings suggest that banks lagging behind in their efficiency levels might …

effects from cross-border bank takeovers with those of cross-border lending by banks located overseas, which in most cases …

December 2008. The results point to two-way causality between bank and corporate distress and to significant global … advanced economies has a larger impact on economic growth in emerging economies than bank distress in advanced economies has …. In contrast, activity in advanced economies is more vulnerable to bank distress than to corporate distress …

We assess the role of women in bank boardrooms in a sample of 461 large banks from OECD countries. After controlling … for bank and country specific effects, we find that women's participation in boardrooms, both presence and percentage, has … sub-sample of 134 listed banks we find that markets have a positive perception of women's participation on the board …