The present study examines a wide set of credit risk determinants for the Bulgarian banking system. Using both monthly and quarterly data and employing two methodologies, Vector Autoregressive and Autoregressive Distributed Lag models, we test ninety-one possible determinants of the banks'...

This paper investigates empirically the relationship between stock market and banking sector development with data from 40 countries (representing 85% of global GDP) over a period of 53 years. When measured by ratios of stock market (i) capitalization to GDP; (ii) turnover to GDP; and (iii)...

Do banks realize simultaneous trading losses because they invest in the same assets, or because different assets are subject to the same macro shocks? This paper decomposes the comovements of bank trading losses into two orthogonal channels: portfolio overlap and common shocks. While portfolio...

The banking sector is considerably large in China, making scholars and practitioners intuitively believe that China has a bank-based financial system. However, some scholars find that China has a market-based financial system. This study tries to resolve this puzzle. Following the definitions of...

The crypto boom and crash of 2020-22 demonstrated that (i) cryptocurrencies with fluctuating values are extremely risky and highly volatile assets, and (ii) cryptocurrencies known as “stablecoins” are vulnerable to systemic runs whenever there are serious doubts about the adequacy of...

This paper revisits the competitive environment of the banking system in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and investigates the early impact of fintech development in the region thus far. Against the backdrop of high net interest margins (NIMs) and limited financial depth in the region,...

This study reviews the existing literature on the determinants of bank-level deposit volatility and is the first to provide empirical evidence for the German banking system by analyzing a large set of confidential micro-data from 2,262 banks over the period from 2003 to 2015. Taking advantage of...

This paper compares the stability of the U.S. Dual Banking system's two bank groups, national and state banks, in light of the global financial crisis 2007/2008. The goal of the paper is to answer three distinct questions: first, is there a difference in the (balance sheet-) fragility between...

In the article maturity mismatch in the Polish banking system is estimated based on the publicly available data. Then the impact on the economy is discussed.Based on Polish central bank's data it may be estimated that between 1996 and 2012 the maturity gap increased significantly – average...

Motivated by a recognition of the increased vulnerability of the banking sector to the COVID-19 pandemic, we examine market-based systemic risk and connectedness in the banking sector of Gulf Cooperation Council member countries, which include Bahrain, Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA),...