Journal of Financial Economic Policy: Volume 5 Issue 3

Bank risks, capital and loan supply: evidence from Sierra Leone

Eric Osei‐Assibey, Baimba Augustine Bockarie

The study aims to investigate the factors that influence banks' loan supply in Sierra Leone. More specifically, it seeks to look into the effects of risk premium, leverage ratio…

Perspectives on “marginal crisis risk” and “leaning against the wind” from the capital structure of housing investments

Trond Arne Borgersen

The purpose of this paper is to relate the marginal crisis risk of Woodford to a number of financial fragility indicators. The paper expands the interest rate gap approach by…

Bank structure and failure during the financial crisis

Wenling Lu, David A. Whidbee

This paper aims to examine the impact of charter type (national vs state), holding company structure, and measures of bank fragility on the likelihood of bank failure during the…

Knowledge and the political economy of TARP

Michael E.S. Hoffman

The purpose of this paper is to establish the consensus about the tremendous economic success of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and explore theories of popular…

Are a culture of trust and morality associated with paying and repaying behavior?: Lessons from developed countries 2004‐2011

Timo Tammi

Paying and repaying behavior are financial functions of great interest to private financial actors and public regulators, as also to academic researchers. The purpose of the paper…