The dramatic drop in prices on the German stock exchange in the period from2000 to 2003 was one cause for the rising number of delistings in Germany. Thisdevelopment triggered the study on the aptitude of listed companies to remainlisted although the authors were well aware that a negative...

This paper investigates the impact of individual bank fundamental variables onstock market returns using data from a panel of 235 European banks from 1991to 2005. The sample period marks a significant transition in the European bankingsector, characterized by higher competition, lower profit...