Bank Capital and the Cost of Equity /

Using a sample of publicly listed banks from 62 countries over the 1991-2017 period, we investigate the impact of capital on banks' cost of equity. Consistent with the theoretical prediction that more equity in the capital mix leads to a fall in firms' costs of equity, we find that better...

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Auteur principal: Belkhir, Mohamed
Autres auteurs: Ben Naceur, Sami, Chami, Ralph, Semet, Anis
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/265
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF