The aim of this study is to examine the determinants of the capital structure of banks in European Union. The data spans a six year period from 2007-2012.In this study we investigate whether the standard determinants of capital structure apply to banks during the financial crisιs period. Fixed effects panel data analysis is employed with dependent variable, book leverage. Our findings, suggest that the standard determinants of capital structure have an explanatory power on book leverage. Though, the direction of impact is not always the prospective.
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