...Maria Teresa Medeiros Garcia; Ana Jin Ye Purpose The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between banks' ownership structure and their risk-taking behavior as well as the impact of banking regulation on banks' approach to taking risk, after the 2008 financial crisis. Design...

... by the exercise price regulation of China. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of 132 ESO reports between 2006 and 2010 in China, the authors explore whether the regulation takes effect by examining stock price movements and companies' information disclosures around the report dates. Findings...

... Commercial banks Capital Regulation Portfolio management Bank capital Capital buffer Risk adjustment Bank regulation Capital requirements have turned into one of the major measures of modern banking supervision. It provides banks with a buffer when they are in a bad economic condition...