...Saibal Ghosh Purpose Although understanding the capital structure of firms has been quite commonplace in the empirical literature, there is admittedly limited evidence with regard to the determinants of capital structure for banks. In this context, using data for the period 2000-2012, this paper...

... to the capital structure of such different types of intermediaries unevenly affect their behaviour in terms of risk‐taking efficiency. Design/methodology/approach The paper conducts an empirical analysis using data for the period 2001‐2011 by means of both standard regression methods and stochastic cost...