Government intervention, bank ownership and risk-taking during the Indonesian financial crisis

Impact of risk taking on bank financial performance during 2008 financial crisis

This paper studies the relationship among corporate governance, risk taking and financial performance at bank holding companies’ (BHCs) during the financial crisis of 2008. While the paper did not find a significant relationship between corporate governance and risk-taking level, it shows that BHCs with lower risk performed better than BHCs with higher risk during the crisis. The results sugges...

Human Migration and Commercial Bank Risk During the Financial Crisis

Government Intervention during the Asian Crisis

countries. They were viewed as models for advances in technology and economic improvement. In the summer and fall of 1997, however, they experienced financial problems, leading to what is commonly referred to as the “Asian crisis,” and resulting in bailouts of several countries by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Much of the crisis is attributed to the substantial depreciation of Asian cu...

Bank Holding Company Dividends and Repurchases during the Financial Crisis

Many large U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs) continued to pay dividends during the recent financial crisis, even as financial market conditions deteriorated, large losses accumulated, and emergency capital and liquidity were being provided by the official sector. In contrast, share repurchases by these BHCs dropped sharply in the early part of the crisis. Documenting this divergent behavior is...

Bank Competition and Risk-taking in the Iranian Banking Industry

Abstract: The banking industry is one of the main sectors of the economy of any country, that its health is a necessary condition to play a positive role in the economic development of that country. The health of the banking system is assessed by the financial stability criterion, which is evaluated by various risk-taking indexes. On the other hand, the banks risk-taking is affected by various...