Tag: Banking

Cross-sectional dispersion and bank performance

Xanthi Gkougkousi, a Vice President in our Washington, DC office, recently co-authored a paper entitled “Cross-sectional dispersion and bank performance” which appears in the Journal of Banking & Finance. The article studies the association between cross-sectional earnings dispersion and the banking sector’s performance. Abstract: We examine the relation between cross-sectional earnings dispersion and the banking … Continued

BigTech “banks”, financial stability and regulation

In an article published in the Spring 2020 Financial Stability Review, Banco de España, Jorge Padilla considers the financial stability risks caused by BigTech’s entry into retail banking and discusses alternative policy responses aimed at allaying those concerns in more detail.