Bank holding company risk and capital: An empirical investigation

The thesis consists of three separate, interrelated areas of research, each done on a year-by-year basis from 1976 to 1987. First, a two-index model of BHC returns was estimated using both daily and weekly data. The interest rate factor used returns on three month T-bills and ten year Treasury bonds. Results reveal that much of the controversy over the validity of the two-index model for BHC returns stems from the variability of the interest rate coefficient through time. Second, the equity market's perception of the effect of capital levels on BHC risk was investigated through year-by-year regressions with daily Scholes-Williams betas as the dependent variable and capital levels as the independent variable of greatest interest. There was little evidence that BHCs circumvented capital requirements by increasing risk in other ways besides leverage and some indication that the equity market's perception of appropriate capital levels is influenced by regulatory requirements. Finally, the relationship between BHC capital levels and fourteen different accounting measures of BHC risk were examined with year-by-year correlations and comparison of the means of the risk measures for high capital and low capital portfolios. Little evidence of a wholesale tradeoff between financial and operating risk was uncovered.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Finance

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Maher, Matthew Robert

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lynge, Morgan J., Jr.

• Business Administration, Banking

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Maher, Matthew Robert

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9010948
(UMI)AAI9010948

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19723