Tell-tale signs & the helping hand: Early warning ratios & government guarantees

• Main Author: Jayasuriya, Dulani
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Ratio analysis; Loans—Government guaranty; Banks and banking; Bank stocks; Bank management; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6743
• Institution: De La Salle University

Using a unique data set of 2236 banks in 78 countries, this study examines how long and short term government guarantees for private, state and foreign owned banks relate to key ratios on bank management and soundness such as capital, liquidity, asset quality and operations risk. Given short & l...