This study aims to analyze whether banks' deviation from the mainstream in terms of asset and liability allocation enables them to perform better than their competition. Overall, deviation in the liability structure seems to have a significant impact on performance. In a second regression, the...

The fluctuation in the prices in the maritime market concerns many people and institutions such as ship owners, chartering companies, financial companies and investors. In this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of bunker prices on time charter volatility structures in three different...

The Federal Reserve requires U.S. commercial banks andother depository institutions to hold a minimum level ofreserves in proportion to certain liabilities. On occasion, thecentral bank has reduced reserve requirements—such as in1990, when requirements on large time deposits were dropped,and...