Against a background of far-reaching structural change in the banking sector, this article
reviews the recent academic literature on developments in European banking. European …

We combine recent findings from the empirical banking literature with established insights
from studies of banking competition and regulation. Motivated by modern theory of financial …

There is a growing interest in assessing environmental performance, social responsibility,
and corporate governance (ESG) in the banking sector. Also, significant relationships are …

The current study investigates the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR)
and financial performance (FP), and discusses the driving motives of banks to engage in …

To study the impact of macroprudential policy on credit supply cycles and real effects, we
analyze dynamic provisioning. Introduced in Spain in 2000, revised four times, and tested in …

This paper empirically examines how capital affects a bank's performance (survival and
market share) and how this effect varies across banking crises, market crises, and normal …

We study the effect on loan conditions of geographical distance between firms, the lending
bank, and all other banks in the vicinity. For our study, we employ detailed contract …

Banks play a predominant role in the economy and are subject to growing expectations from
stakeholders. It is therefore important to understand the financial impact of CSR on banks' …

Empirical evidence suggests that banks hold capital in excess of regulatory minimums. This
did not prevent the financial crisis and underlines the importance of understanding bank …

This book provides a compendium to the empirical work investigating the hypotheses
generated by recent banking theory. Such a compendium is overdue. Since the publication …