How Risky Are Banks' Risk Weighted Assets? : Evidence From the Financial Crisis /

We study how investors account for the riskiness of banks' risk-weighted assets (RWA) by examining the determinants of stock returns and market measures of risk. We find that banks with higher RWA had lower stock returns over the US and European crises. This relationship is weaker in Europe whe...

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Egile nagusia: Das, Sonali
Beste egile batzuk: Sy, Amadou
Formatua: Aldizkaria
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Saila:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/036
Sarrera elektronikoa:Full text available on IMF