2009 European Banking Symposium

University of Maastricht

Presentation	Discussion
Bank Risk and Performance
Bank Lending and Interest-Rate Derivatives - F. Zhao and J. Moser	M. Flood, FHFB
Generating Shock Scenarios for Risk-Based Capital Using a GARCH-VEC Model - M. Flood and G. Korenko	B. Candelon, University of Maastricht
Deposit Market Competition, Costs of Funding and Bank Risk - B. Craig and V. Dinger	J. Carrillo, University of Maastricht
Growth and Earnings Persistence in Banking Firms: A Dynamic Panel Investigation - T. Shehzad	L. Baele, Ghent University
Banking Geography
The Economics of Regional Demarcation in Banking - S. Raab and P. Welzel	J. Grunert, University of Tübingen
The Geography of European Cross Border Banking - S. Heuchemer, S. Kleimeier, and H. Sander	T. Shehzad, University of Groningen

Presentation	Discussion
Bank Mergers
Mergers & Acquisitions and Efficiency in European Banking: Testing a Catching-up Hypothesis - R. Ayadi, J.-P. Boussemart, H. Leleu and D. Saidane	P. Welzel, University of Augsburg
Do Investors Know Better than Regulators? Stock Price Patterns in International Bank M&A - Y. Hankir, C. Rauch and M. Umber	G. Iannotta, Università Bocconi
Liquidity
The Risk of Joint Liquidation and Portfolio Choice: Diversity instead of Diversification! - W. Wagner	C. Wiehenkamp, University of Mannheim
A Global Liquidity Factor for Fixed Income Pricing - A. Gintschel and C. Wiehenkamp	J. Moser, CFTC
Loan Contracting
Bargaining Power and Information in Loan Contracting - J. Grunert and L. Norden	A. Korpos, Maastricht University
Bank Ownership, Firm Value and Firm Capital Structure in Europe - L. Baert and R. Vander Vennet	R. Jongen, De Nederlandsche Bank
Are Women Better Loan Officers? - T. Beck, P. Behr and A. Güttler	R. Ayadi, CEPS