is not fueled by Central Bank liquidity provision. Our results point to a “moral suasion” mechanism, and cannot be …

-applicant firms that enable us to disentangle effects driven by shocks to the banking system from recession-driven demand shocks that … by the following types of bank financial distress: 1) low equity ratio; 2) low Tier 1 capital ratio; and 3) losses on …

-applicant firms that enable us to disentangle effects driven by shocks to the banking system from recession-driven demand shocks that … by the following types of bank financial distress: 1) low equity ratio; 2) low Tier 1 capital ratio; and 3) losses on …

), and mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the European banking sector, both at the micro and macro level. Using a binary … core Europe, which could be the sign of a future asymmetrical financial integration in the EU …

-specific capital buffers in the countries where their parent banks reside and that bank size and liquidity play a role in determining …

This paper identifies the various channels that give rise to a "sovereign-bank nexus" whereby the financial health of …

Eastern Europe to those for firms in selected Western European countries. We find that firms in Eastern Europe have a higher … need for credit than firms in Western Europe, and that a higher share of firms is discouraged from applying for a loan. The … higher rate of discouraged firms in Eastern Europe is driven more by the presence of foreign banks than by the macroeconomic …

national banking system has sharply increased, raising issues in their economic and financial resilience, as well as in policy … design. This paper examines these issues by analyzing the banking equilibrium in a model with optimizing banks and depositors …. To the extent that sovereign default causes bank losses also independently of their holding of domestic government bonds …

This paper uses a large panel of bilateral bank flow data to assess how institutions and politics affect international … capital -bank in particular- flows. The following key findings emerge: 1) The empirical "gravity" model is the benchmark in … explaining the volume of international banking activities. 2) Conditioned on standard gravity factors (distance, GDP, population …

This paper addresses the trade-off between additional loss-absorbing capacity and potentially higher bank risk …