The net interest margin (NIM) from the traditional intermediation function is pivotal for bank profitability and solvency. Using a unique cross-country sample on bank internal rating based (IRB) models, we find that the NIM increases when banks measure a larger share of their credit risk via IRB...

We study the information content of the mutual-fund investor mix at the fund level. Building on the fund-flow determinant literature, we develop a method to attribute the proportion of fund net-in-flow explained by a fund's fundamental characteristics and past performance as smart and dumb money...

This paper documents strong evidence for short term predictability of individual stocks in the London Stock Exchange. We find empirical evidence for price reversals after large price changes and price continuation after small price changes. Our results indicate that large companies seem to react...

Expectation errors, generally defined, have been used by previous studies to show why investors pay too much for growth. In contrast, our study analyses what actual mistakes investors have made and how they could have been avoided. We show that investors ignore the negative impact of growth on...

Outside CEOs from non-financial firms match with boards of lending-oriented banks and are sought for their networks. They do not improve board advising and monitoring but their appointment results in lending expansion, increased bank CEO compensation, and more bank debt for their firms. The...

Using 30 years of data on the acquisition of failed US commercial banks via Purchase and Assumption (P&A) transactions managed by the FDIC, and a matched-sample approach, we find long-term improvements in bank profitability, capital strength and portfolio risk for the combined entity. These...