of mergers and acquisitions. We analyze the Italian market, which is similar to other main European countries. …

in turn weakens the balance-sheets of banks and thus their ability to provide credit. …

tranches inflicted severe losses on banks, calling into question the credibility of Rating Agencies. I discuss the limits of …

This paper tests the role of different banks� liquidity funding structures in explaining the bank failures that …

banks in the sample, according to their systemic importance scores. The methodology is then applied to EU and Eurozone … samples of banks to obtain their systemic importance ranking and SIFI lists. This is one of the first methodologies capable of … identifying systemically relevant banks at the European level. A statistical analysis and some geographical and historical …

We document the development of the major international banks since the late 1990s, analysing balance-sheet data for 27 …, revealed all its shortcomings when the crisis erupted. European banks displayed greater fragilities in their business models …

Consolidation in the banking industry of many countries has reduced the number of small banks and led to significant … credit from local banks. In this paper we investigate the consequences of consolidation and entry for these borrowers … loans by size of borrower with a detailed geographical partition. We find that mergers are followed by a temporary reduction …

banks in local markets for different categories of depositors, we investigate the long-run price effects of M&As for the …

investment banks, insurance and asset management companies) in the major industrialized countries over the last twenty years … mergers yield economies of scope or gains in managerial efficiency. …