Financial institution's substantial leverage is relevant in explaining the latest global financial crisis n 2008. However, the concept of banking leverage is not new and relates to important topics of study in the banking literature. Through a sample of 209 articles from major journals in the...

The objective of this paper is to evaluate bank efficiency in the period from 2012 to 2016 by applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in a dataset of 37 Brazilian banks provided by the Brazilian Central Bank. We have explored three gaps in research conducted with Brazilian banks by using the...

We analyse the effect of leverage components and banks' "business model channels" on risk-taking for Brazilian banks. Using a detailed dataset from the Brazilian financial system, the results show that the measurement of leverage components is relevant for determining banks' risk. We highlight...