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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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Martynova, Natalya
Rannpháirtithe: Ratnovski, Lev, Vlahu, Razvan
Formáid: IRIS
Teanga:English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Sraith:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/249
Rochtain ar líne:Full text available on IMF