In October 2014, the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank did a comprehensive assessment of the balance sheets of the largest 123 banks in the Eurozone. They calculated a capital…
We investigate the role of executive-specific attributes in explaining bank business models beyond pay-per-performance incentives. We decompose the variation in business models and show that idiosyncratic…
Using a unique dataset of more than 1 million loans made by 296 German banks, we evaluate the impact of many aspects of customer–bank relationships on loan default rates. Banks need historical data about their…