Significant Bank Database: 2024 update in progress

We’re pleased to inform you that the 2024 annual update of the Significant Bank Database is well underway and progressing smoothly. The necessary data has been collected, and we are now moving into the construction phase for the 2024 edition. We expect to publish the...

Are large banks less solvent than smaller banks?

Dávila and Walther (2020) argue in their theoretical paper that large banks leverage more because they are aware that their decisions affect bailout policies. Dávila and Walther suggest that the optimal regulation features size-dependent policies that...

Cyclical Patterns in Bank Profitability

Does GDP growth, or the business cycle, influence bank profitability? And if so, how significant is its impact? In this blog post, we explore these questions using the Significant Bank Database. To uncover the relationship, we apply Ordinary Least Squares (OLS)...