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Enforcement of banking regulation and the cost of borrowing
(01.04.2019)
Journal of Banking and Finance April
Journal of Banking and Finance April
We show that borrowing firms benefit substantially from important enforcement actions issued on U.S. banks for safety and soundness reasons. Using hand-collected data on such actions from the main three U.S. regulators and ...
Bank accounting regulations, enforcement mechanisms, and financial statement informativeness : cross-country evidence
(15.04.2020)
Accounting and Business Research 3
Accounting and Business Research 3
We construct measures of accounting regulations and enforcement mechanisms that are specific to a country's banking industry. Using a sample of major banks in 37 economies, we find that the informativeness of banks’ financial ...
The Vanishing Interest Income of Chinese Banks
(11.02.2021)
Asian Economic Papers 3
Asian Economic Papers 3
Chinese banks likely have more nonperforming loans (NPLs) than officially reported. Banks’ NPLs often deviate from Benford's law. As hidden NPLs earn no interest income, loan quality problems may erode the gross interest ...
Should banks diversify or focus? Know thyself : The role of abilities
(15.03.2018)
Economic Systems 1
Economic Systems 1
The paper investigates whether diversification/focus across assets, industries and borrowers affects bank performance when banks’ abilities (screening and monitoring) are considered. The initial results show that diversification ...
Evaluating Indicators for Use in Setting the Countercyclical Capital Buffer
(01.03.2018)
International Journal of Central Banking 2 ; March 2018
International Journal of Central Banking 2 ; March 2018
The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) recently issued a recommendation on the use of early warning indicators in macroprudential decisions involving the countercyclical capital buffer (Basel III framework). In addition ...
Employee Treatment and Contracting with Bank Lenders : An Instrumental Approach for Stakeholder Management
(15.08.2019)
Journal of Business Ethics 4
Journal of Business Ethics 4
Adopting an instrumental approach for stakeholder management, we focus on two primary stakeholder groups (employees and creditors) to investigate the relationship between employee treatment and loan contracts with banks. ...
Are bank capital requirements optimally set? Evidence from researchers’ views
(22.07.2020)
Journal of Financial Stability October ; 2020
Journal of Financial Stability October ; 2020
We survey 149 leading academic researchers on bank capital regulation. The median (average) respondent prefers a 10% (15%) minimum non-risk-weighted equity-to-assets ratio, which is considerably higher than the current ...
How much do non-performing loans hinder loan growth in Europe?
(26.05.2021)
European Economic Review July
European Economic Review July
The severe recessions following the global financial crisis of 2007–2008 left numerous European banks with acutely distressed loan books. In the subsequent recovery, bank lending in Europe has fallen dramatically behind ...
Can lenders discern managerial ability from luck? Evidence from bank loan contracts
(15.02.2018)
Journal of Banking and Finance February
Journal of Banking and Finance February
We investigate the effect of managerial ability versus luck on bank loan contracting. Borrowers showing a persistently superior managerial ability over previous years (more likely due to ability) enjoy a lower loan spread, ...
Accounting quality in banking : The role of regulatory interventions
(26.11.2018)
Journal of Banking & Finance December ; 2018
Journal of Banking & Finance December ; 2018
Using the full sample of U.S. banks and hand-collected data on enforcement actions over 2000–2014, we analyze the role of these interventions in promoting several aspects of accounting quality. We find that enforcement ...