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Journal of Financial Stability Vol. 16 2015

Equity returns in the banking sector in the wake of the Great Recession and the European sovereign debt crisis

Jorge A. Chan-Lau; Estelle X. Liu1; Jochen M. Schmittmann1

1 International Monetary Fund

Abstract

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, there is some evidence that better capitalized and less leveraged banks have outperformed their peers in times of stress.

DOI
10.1016/j.jfs.2014.07.003
Volume
16
Pages
164-172
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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