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Framework for internal control systems in banking organisations
1998
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Markets, Reserves and Lenders of Last Resort as Sources of Bank Liquidity
Herrala, Risto - Suomen Pankki - 2000
firms that are facing solvency shocks. We apply their framework to banking and extend the framework to admit the analysis of …
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Information technology and productivity changes in the Italian banking industry
Casolaro, Luca; Gobbi, Giorgio - Banca d'Italia - 2004
This paper analyzes the effect of information technologies (IT) in the financial sector using micro-data on a panel of over 600 Italian banks over the period 1989-2000. We estimate stochastic cost and profit functions allowing for individual banks� displacements from the efficient frontier...
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Do markup dynamics reflect fundamentals or changes in conduct?
Juselius, Mikael; Kim, Moshe; Ringbom, Staffan - Suomen Pankki - 2009
related to multiple and changing equilibria. Results from applying the model to US and five major European banking sectors …
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The causal effect of credit guarantees for SMEs: evidence from Italy
D'Ignazio, Alessio; Menon, Carlo - Banca d'Italia - 2013
We evaluate the effectiveness of a partial credit guarantee program implemented in a large Italian region using unique microdata from a broad set of firms. Our results show that the policy was effective to the extent that it resulted in an improved financial condition for the beneficiary firms....
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Credit access for female firms: evidence from a survey on European SMEs
Stefani, Maria Lucia; Vacca, Valerio - Banca d'Italia - 2013
This paper uses ECB survey data to assess whether gender matters in the small firms� financial structure and access to credit. Firms owned or managed by women (female firms) use smaller amounts and less heterogeneous sources of external finance than their male counterparts. According to...
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Women on Italian bank boards: are they �gold dust�?
Prete, Silvia Del; Stefani, Maria Lucia - Banca d'Italia - 2013
is greater a) in banks belonging to the major banking groups, with larger and younger boards; and b) in banks that are …
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Bonus caps, deferrals and bankers' risk-taking
Jokivuolle, Esa; Keppo, Jussi; Yuan, Xuchuan - Suomen Pankki - 2015
the model to US banking data and show that lengthening the standard one-year bonus payment interval has no material impact …
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Should competition policy in banking be amended during crises? Lessons from the EU
Hasan, Iftekhar; Marinc, Matej - Suomen Pankki - 2013
This article investigates the nexus of competition and stability in European banking. It analyzes the European legal … framework for competition policy in banking and several cases that pertain to anti-cartel policy, merger policy, and state …-aid control. It discusses whether and how competition policy should be amended in order to preserve the stability of the banking …
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Bankers' compensation: Sprint swimming in short bonus pools?
Jokivuolle, Esa; Keppo, Jussi - Suomen Pankki - 2014
The global financial crisis of 2007–2008 has given rise to new regulatory initiatives to put restrictions on the size and the term of bankers' pay. We revisit both theoretically and empirically the question of whether these regulations are justified. We model bonuses as a series of sequential...
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