Risk-taking behaviour and ownership in the banking industry: The Spanish evidence

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Banking supervision and nonperforming loans: a cross-country analysis (2009, background): “Our results corroborates those of Garcia-Marco and Robles-Fernandez (2007) who argue that profit-maximizing policies are usually accompanied by higher levels of risk.”
Ownership Structure and Risk-Taking: Comparative Evidence from Private and State-Controlled Banks in China (2014, background): “In contrast, ownership concentration has been found to be associated with a lower level of risk taking in Spanish commercial banks (Garcia-Marco and Robles-Fernandez, 2008), better loan quality, lower asset risk and a lower insolvency risk based on a sample of 181 large banks from 15 European…”
Bank Specific, Business and Institutional Environment Determinants of Banks Nonperforming Loans: Evidence from MENA Countries (2010, background): “In the context of developed countries, Garciýa-Marco and Robles-Fernàndez (2007) find that Spanish commercial banks (private) are more exposed to risk than deposit banks (mainly state owned).”