Bank Profitability and Risk-Taking /

Traditional theory suggests that more profitable banks should have lower risk-taking incentives. Then why did many profitable banks choose to invest in untested financial instruments before the crisis, realizing significant losses? We attempt to reconcile theory and evidence. In our setup, banks are...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Martynova, Natalya
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ratnovski, Lev, Vlahu, Razvan
Μορφή: Επιστημονικό περιοδικό
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Σειρά:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/249
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full text available on IMF