Prior Jiménez, DiegoTortosa Ausina, EmiliIllueca Muñoz, ManuelGarcía Alcober, María PilarProducción Científica UCH 2020UCH. Departamento de Economía y Empresa2021-05-112021-05-112019-04-11García-Alcober, M.P., Prior, D., Tortosa-Ausina, E. & Illueca, M. (2020). Risk-taking behavior, earnings quality, and bank performance : a profit frontier approach. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, In Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brq.2019.02.0032340-9436.http://hdl.handle.net/10637/12579Este es el artículo que se ha publicado de forma definitiva en: https://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-brq-business-research-quarterly-424-articulo-risk-taking-behavior-earnings-quality-bank-S2340943619300854Este es el post-print del editor del siguiente artículo: García Alcober, M.P., Prior, D., Tortosa Ausina, E. & Illueca, M. (2019). Risk-taking behavior, earnings quality, and bank performance: a profit frontier approach. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, In Press, que se ha publicado de forma definitiva en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brq.2019.02.003.This is the editor peer reviewed version of the following article: García Alcober, M.P., Prior, D., Tortosa Ausina, E. & Illueca, M. (2019). Risk-taking behavior, earnings quality, and bank performance: a profit frontier approach. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, In Press, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brq.2019.02.003.After the financial crisis of 2007–2008, some bank performance dimensions have been the subject of debate, two of which are bank efficiency, and bank risk-taking behavior. The literature on bank efficiency and productivity has grown considerably over the last three decades, and has gained momentum in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Interest in bank risk-taking behavior, usually focusing on its links to monetary policy, has been relatively low, but has also increased exponentially in more recent years. This paper combines these two streams of research. Specifically, we test whether more inefficient banks take greater risks when selecting borrowers, charging interests and requiring collateral, and whether these links between inefficiency and risk change according to the type of bank. Our analysis centers on the Spanish banking system, which has been severely affected by the burst of the housing bubble and has undergone substantial restructuring. To test our hypotheses, we created a database with information on banks and savings banks, their borrowers (non-financial firms), and the links between them. The study also contributes to the literature by considering a novel profit frontier approach. Our results suggest that more inefficient banks take greater risks in selecting their borrowers, and that this high-taking behavior is not offset by higher interest rates.application/pdfesopen accessBeneficios.Profit.Riesgo (Economía)Saving and investment.Banks and banking.Risk.Ahorro.Bancos.Artículohttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.brq.2019.02.003https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es