We analyze the effect of a U.S. subprime mortgage regulation on the availability of mortgagecredit. Due to all subprime mortgage originators being affected by the regulation studied,there is no natural control group. We use a pro t maximization assumption to construct acontrol group. We nd no...

"New data reveals that bank distress peaked in New York City, at the center of the United States money market, in July and August 1931, when the banking crisis peaked in Germany and before Britain abandoned the gold standard. This paper tests competing theories about the causes of New York's...

This paper investigates the effectiveness of macroprudential policy to contain the systemic risk of European banks between 2000 and 2017. We use a new database (MaPPED) collected by experts at the ECB and national central banks with narrative information on a broad range of instruments which are...

This paper aims at providing a conceptual distinction between banking and insurance with regard to systemic regulation. It discusses key differences and similarities as to how both sectors interact with the financial system. Insurers interact as financial intermediaries and through financial...

This paper investigated the extent, to which monetary policy influences the possibility of bank distress in Nigeria, and whether monetary policy adjustments have complimentary short- and long-run effects on banking industry stability, using time series data from 1989 to 2018. The study employed...