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Returns to market power in financial institutions

Leightner, Jonathan Edward - In: Journal of the Asia Pacific economy 11 (2006) 3, pp. 268-291

The strong positive relationship between firm profits and size for Thai financial institutions cannot be explained by returns to scale or scope. Evidence for this statement is found by applying both production frontier and function techniques and different model specifications on data covering...

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In Finance, Size Matters

Lee, Jong-kun - 2002

This study investigates the relationship between production efficiency in financial intermediation and financial system size. The study predicts and tests for the existence of ""systemic scale economies"" (SSEs), whereby value-maximizing intermediaries operating in large systems are expected to...

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Why we should embrace institutional diversity in banking

Bertuch-Samuels, Axel - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 87 (2018) 4, pp. 127-139

The contribution of institutionally diversified financial sectors to more sustainable growth and financial stability-in particular the role of effective local banking structures—is not always fully appreciated, whether in the context of development cooperation or in policy discussions in the...

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The Determinants of Interest Rates in Microfinance : Age, Scale and Organisational Charter

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2018

This study compares the responsiveness of microcredit interest rates to age, scale of lending and organisational charter. It uses an unbalanced panel of 300 MFIs from 107 developing countries from 2005 to 2015. Three key trends emerge from the results of a 2SLS regression. First, the adoption of...

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The determinants of interest rates in microfinance : age, scale and organisational charter

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aziz, Aqsa; Tony-Okeke, Uchenna; … - 2018

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Are Banks Too Big To Fail? Measuring Systemic Importance of Financial Institutions

Zhou, Chen - 2011

We consider three measures on the systemic importance of a financial institution within a interconnected financial system. Based on the measures, we study the relation between the size of a financial institution and its systemic importance. From both theoretical model and empirical analysis, we...

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On the Size Distribution of Financial Institutions

Goddard, John - 2012

This study examines the firm size distribution of US financial institutions. A truncated lognormal distribution describes the size distribution, measured using assets data, of a large population of small, community-based commercial banks. The size distribution of a smaller but increasingly...

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Size, Leverage, and Risk-Taking of Financial Institutions

Bhagat, Sanjai - 2018

financial firms engage in excessive risk-taking mainly through increased leverage. Third, we find that bank corporate governance …

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Diversification, Size and Risk : The Case of Bank Acquisitions of Nonbank Financial Firms

Casu, Barbara; Dontis-Charitos, Panagiotis; Staikouras, … - 2023

We investigate the risk effects of bank acquisitions of insurance companies and securities firms between 1991 and 2012 … diversification by modelling the determinants of risks. We find that bank combinations with securities firms yield higher risks than … combinations with insurance companies. Bank size is an important and consistent determinant of risk whereas diversification is not …

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Too Big To Fail : ein gordischer Knoten für die Finanzmarktaufsicht?

Kellermann, Kersten - 2010

Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden wesentlichen Merkmale eines Too Big To Fail (TBTF) Regimes diskutiert. Hierunter wird ein politisches Umfeld verstanden, in dem grosse, systemrelevante Finanzinstitute durch staatliche Massnahmen vor der Insolvenz gerettet werden. Das TBTF Regime rechtfertigt sich...

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