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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974026903321

Autore

Chan-Lau Jorge

Titolo

Equity Returns in the Banking Sector in the Wake of the Great Recession and the European Sovereign Debt Crisis / / Jorge Chan-Lau, Estelle Liu, Jochen M. Schmittmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

9781475577938

1475577931

9781475525458

1475525451

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (23 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

LiuEstelle

SchmittmannJochen M

Disciplina

332.1/52

Soggetti

Capital market

Investments

Asset requirements

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Capital adequacy requirements

Commercial banks

Depository Institutions

Economic & financial crises & disasters

Event Studies

Finance

Financial Crises

Financial crises

Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation

Financial institutions

Financial Instruments

Financial regulation and supervision

Financial Risk Management

Financial services law & regulation

Financial services

Information and Market Efficiency

Institutional Investors

Interest rates



Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

Investment & securities

Investments: Stocks

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Pension Funds

Stocks

Yield curve

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I. Bank Equity Performance during the Recent Crisis; Figures; 1. U.S. and European Banks Price Indices; 2. European Banking Sector Indices, January 2006=100; II. Literature Review; III. Data and Variable Definitions; 3. Excess Equity Returns in the Banking Sector; 4. Sovereign Risk vs. PMI, monthly changes; IV. What Explains Equity Returns in the Banking Sector?; Tables; 1. Banks' Equity Returns: Model Specifications; 2. Banks' Equity Returns: Different Sample Periods; 3. Banks' Equity Returns: United Kingdom, United States, and Japan

4. Banks' Equity Returns: Euro Area CountriesV. Do Bank Characteristics Matter for Explaining Equity Returns?; 5. Banks' Equity Returns and Bank Characteristics; 6. Banks' Equity Returns and Standard Vulnerability Indicators; VI. Conclusions; References; Appendix: I. List of Banks

Sommario/riassunto

This study finds that equity returns in the banking sector in the wake of the Great Recession and the European sovereign debt crisis have been driven mainly by weak growth prospects and heightened sovereign risk and to a lesser extent, by deteriorating funding conditions and investor sentiment. While the equity return performance in the banking sector has been dismal in general, better capitalized and less leveraged banks have outperformed their peers, a finding that supports policymakers’ efforts to strengthen bank capitalization.