“…The successful implementation of different business models depend on a series of bank attributes and on the market environment like operating efficiency (Kwan and Eisenbeis, 1997), capital (Baele et al, 2007), securitization (Boot and Thakor, 2010), funding sources (Demirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga, 2010), corporate governance (Laeven and Levine, 2009), central bank liquidity (Altunbas et al, 2011), or, business cycles (Bolt et al, 2010).…”