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Internal capital market studies in empirical banking: Biases due to usage of assets instead of risk capital?

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  • Glaser, Markus
  • Riepe, Jan

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Unlike industrial companies, banks allocate “risk-taking potential” across subunits, instead of investment budgets or assets. Researchers typically do not have access to this data on risk-bearing capacity across subunits and use (changes in) assets or loans instead. Based on unique data from Germany, where banks disclose both assets and corresponding risk capital, we analyze whether the approximation potentially introduces an econometric bias in empirical banking studies on internal capital markets. We provide empirical evidence that the quality of the approximation is correlated with variables capturing the risk and business models of segments.

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  • Glaser, Markus & Riepe, Jan, 2014. "Internal capital market studies in empirical banking: Biases due to usage of assets instead of risk capital?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 11(1), pages 47-53.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:11:y:2014:i:1:p:47-53
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2013.12.001
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    Keywords

    Internal capital allocation; Banks; Segmental reporting; Risk weighted assets;
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    JEL classification:

    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting

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