combines individual data on bank governance with different measures of performance and risk, this paper analyses the … is greater a) in banks belonging to the major banking groups, with larger and younger boards; and b) in banks that are … riskiness, implying that credit policies are more stringent when women are on the board, possibly due to their higher risk …

appear to have been remarkably able at calibrating required risk premiums to actual idiosyncratic risk, both during expansion …, thus lowering pricing effectiveness. The main finding is that larger banking groups were more affected by the sudden … deterioration of credit quality than smaller ones, as far as ability to price risk is concerned. The bank-size effect can be tackled …

borrowers. By exploiting a dataset in which we observe a measure of a borrower�s default risk that the lenders observe only … and individual default risk: after a merger, risky borrowers experience an increase in the interest rate, while non …

their superior managerial skills to targets. Market power seems to hold little value while entry (or diversification …

The supply chain of the real estate sector accounts for one fifth of Italian GDP; its importance for the banking system … sector and the banks that finance them. The fall in turnover and profitability has greatly increased the economic and … leveraged firms. Due to the increase of loans classified as bad debts, the banking system has tightened conditions on new loans …

faced by European banking systems, increasing susceptibility to contagion. This paper aims to identify potential risks of … cross-border contagion using a sample of large Western and Eastern European banks. We assume that contagion risk is … also find evidence that contagion risk across European banks heightened significantly during the recent crisis. Contagion …