The current economic policy discussion on financial integration in the European Union concentrates on cross-border mergers. We study the impact of cross-border lending in a theoretical model where banks acquire either hard or soft information on borrowing firms and predict that the closer firms...

The prolonged crisis exposed the vulnerability of a monetary union without a banking union. The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), which started operating in November 2014, is an essential step towards restoring banks to health and rebuilding trust in the banking system. The ECB is today...

In diesem Beitrag werden mögliche ordnungspolitische Konsequenzen der Finanzmarktkrise in Folge der Turbulenzen auf dem US-amerikanischen Hypothekenkreditmarkt diskutiert. Zunächst erläutern die Autoren theoretisch und empirisch die Phänomene der Bankenkrisen und der Ansteckung in einem...

Die Abhandlung stellt die wesentlichen Neuerungen der europäischen Regelungen zur Sanierung und Abwicklung von Kreditinstituten vor. In diesem Zusammenhang werden die Fragen aufgeworfen, ob die vorrangige Heranziehung der Kapitalgeber und der Gläubiger von Banken bei der Bankenabwicklung zur...

This article is about an appeal board recently set up by the European Union to hear appeals in respect of decisions of the three new European Supervisory Authorities. This is the first time that such a body has been established at the European level in the field of financial regulation, and...

Macroprudential stress tests have been employed by regulators in the United States and Europe to assess and address the solvency condition of financial firms in adverse macroeconomic scenarios. We provide a test of these stress tests by comparing their risk assessments and outcomes to those from...

Since the European Council of June 2012, ‘Banking Union' is a key item for the EU's policy agenda. This contribution outlines the state of the policy debate – identifying the elements that are missing but important from a theoretical viewpoint. We make concrete proposals as to how the...