Why did European policy-makers introduce the Banking Union? Which are its main features? How does it affect banks and their customers? This book tries to answer these questions, by providing a clear description of the building blocks of the Banking Union, and by showing that several issues...

Part I. The European Banking Union and the European Union Architecture -- Chapter 1. Multi-Level Governance in Banking Regulation; Rosa M. Lastra -- Chapter 2. European Banking Union within the System of European Banking and Monetary Law; Christos V. Gortsos -- Chapter 3. European Banking Union...

Part I: Theory Of Banking Regulation And International Financial Standards -- Chapter 1: The Case for Banking Regulation -- Chapter 2: Key Aspects of Public International Financial Law – International Financial Standards -- Chapter 3: Key Institutional Aspects of the International Financial...

This book presents an overview of the economics and politics implemented in the European Union and especially the Eurozone during the crisis of 2008-2012. Although it focuses on these four years, the analysis starts from the establishment of the European Union and covers the period up to the...

Banking and market structures -- Insights from regulatory theory -- An evolutionary perspective on prudential rules -- The multiple layers of prudential rules -- Substantive aspects of prudential regulation -- The principles characterising the European prudential regulatory regime -- The...