Bank Activity and Funding Strategies : The Impact on Risk and Returns

This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and return using an international sample of 1,334 banks in 101 countries leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. Expansion into noninterest income-generating activities such as trading increases th...

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Main Authors: Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Huizinga, Harry
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5635