Bank Capital Structure and Procyclicality of Leverage

The book investigates the determinants of bank capital structure and procyclical behavior of leverage. A panel data analysis is developed to find out the relation between different types of leverage ratios and asset growth of banks. Moreover, possible impacts of bank specific and macroeconomic variables on the bank capital structure are discussed.

Autorentext

Çiydem Çatak received her PhD in Accounting and Finance from Marmara University (Turkey). Her research interests are corporate finance, banking, and financial economics.

Inhalt

Bank Capital Structure Leverage Procyclicality Basel 2 Fair Value Accounting