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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Egile nagusia: Martynova, Natalya
Beste egile batzuk: Ratnovski, Lev, Vlahu, Razvan
Formatua: Aldizkaria
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Saila:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/249
Sarrera elektronikoa:Full text available on IMF