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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Autore principale: Belkhir, Mohamed
Altri autori: Ben Naceur, Sami, Chami, Ralph, Semet, Anis
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/265
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF