Research in Banking and Finance

On equilibrium asset prices when markets are incomplete (V. Madrigal, S.D. Smith). Managers block-holders and takeovers (S.A. Ravid and M. Spiegel). Monies and Banking (J. Seater). Dividend policy and clientele rationality (L.B. Nelson). Pricing of transaction services: The distortionary effects of taxation (J. Tarkka). Equity returns and inflation: The puzzling long lags (J.R. Lothian, C. McCarthy). Swapping default risk for interest rate risk: The rise of fixed rate mortgage loans in Hong Kong (J. He, M. Lu). Firms' inventory investments, financial conditions and banking crisis (B. Vale). The Dynamics of capital structure: Evidence from Swedish micro and small firms (A. Hasmati). Eggs in too few baskets: The impact of loan concentration on bank-sector systematic risk (B. Wilson, G. Caprio Jr.). Shrinking size premia at the London stock exchange (L. Becchetti, L Cavalo). The risk/return effects of loan portfolio diversification: An empirical test based on Italian banks (A. Resti). Determinants of leverage and access to credit: Evidence on western and eastern European countries (L. Weill). Credit risk in the traditional banking book (C. Zazzara).