In Germany banks play a major role in finance. In tranquil times the German banking sector was known as stable but low … known. Meanwhile it became clear that single banks have the potential to destabilize the whole sector. Banking crises and … the following re-stabilization of banks by state intervention are extremely expensive. Against the background of …

I address the following issue in this paper: how does information sharing among banks about borrowers affect banks … sharing among banks reduces lenders' risk and results in lower lending rates than any other arrangement. This may be the … rates than any other form of information sharing under fairly general conditions. Despite its lucrative features, banks are …

during the financial crisis as well as the recent developments of Italian banks, these results not only concern the US, but …

This study analyzes the effect that banks' investments in corporate social responsibility (CSR) have on bank … performance. I find that banks' investments in CSR have a positive impact on financial performance, measured in terms of both … constituents value bank CSR activities. I find that CSR-related value creation is primarily a result of banks' external investments …

national banks' equity investment valuations and create an empirical model for predicting national banks' financial failure in … what extent national banks' stock value investments are based on the return on equity. This causal-comparative study … explores the degree to which national banks' value investment in terms of the price to earnings ratio impacts their return on …