This paper investigates the determinants of the structure of the banking industry by fitting a monopolistic competition model to a sample of banks drawn from eight EEC countries over 1989-1993. In the theoretical model, banks decide strategically both entry and the branching size of their...

Are the most efficient risk-return banks more solvent than the inefficient banks? From a theoretical point of view, the answer is straightforward for non-financial firms, but it is not clear for banking firms. Likewise, if there is not a clear relationship between efficiency and solvency on the...

We show that it is sometimes efficient for a bank to commit to a policy that keeps information about its risky assets private. Our model, based upon Diamond-Dybvig [1983], has the feature that banks acquire information about their risky assets before depositors acquire it. Banks have the option...

This is the first study to apply to Japanese housing data the econometric analysis of piecewise-linear budget constraints arising from space-linked interest rates. Two models of housing demand are discussed: The first is a Hausman-type model for floor space with random preferences and...

The operating speed of a payment system depends on the stage of technology of the system's communication and information processing environment. Frequent intraday processing cycles and real-time processing have introduced new means of speeding up the processing and settlement of payments. In a...

This paper presents a model of a bank subject to liquidity shocks that require borrowing from a lender of last resort. Two government agencies with different objectives may perform this function: a central bank and a deposit insurance corporation. Both agencies supervise the bank, i.e. collect...

The most important determinant of bank loan pricing is not borrower risk or other conventional variable but whether the interest rate is pegged to the Prime Rate or to a market index such as Livor. Controlling for the difference in level among such benchmarks, and for many other variables...

This paper presents empirical evidence on the behaviour of interbank lending in Germany after a monetary policy impulse. Our VAR analysis shows that following a monetary contraction, the banking system as a whole attracts additional funds from foreign banks.

The purpose of this paper is to examine Korean banks' responses to the Basle risk-weighted capital adequacy requirements implemented in 1993. The analysis indicates that while some cosmetic adjustementd might have been made by partial recognition of unrealized stock losses and expected loan...