André Köster
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Bank capitalization and bank performance: a comparative analysis using accounting- and market-based measures
Banks and Bank Systems Volume 12, 2017 Issue #3 pp. 4-26
Views: 1141 Downloads: 598 TO CITE АНОТАЦІЯThis paper examines performance outcomes of capitalization in the European bank market. Using a European sample with 2,504 firm-year observations for the years 1992–2012, the authors analyze the effect of capitalization as used by the financial regulators on bank risk and bank profitability with alternative accounting- and market-based measures. All accounting-based measures consistently show that higher capitalization reduces bank risk and is associated with increased profitability. Contrary to this, market-based risk measures show higher bank risk implying possibly different risk assessment by capital market participants. Our results are corroborated by an ex post analysis of bank performance in times of crisis. Higher capitalized banks have fared better after the crisis in respect of profitability and risk.
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