How Risky Are Banks' Risk Weighted Assets? : Evidence From the Financial Crisis /

We study how investors account for the riskiness of banks' risk-weighted assets (RWA) by examining the determinants of stock returns and market measures of risk. We find that banks with higher RWA had lower stock returns over the US and European crises. This relationship is weaker in Europe whe...

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Auteur principal: Das, Sonali
Autres auteurs: Sy, Amadou
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/036
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF