bank credit for SMEs, the consequences of Basel II on credit risk analysis and SMEs' possible strategic replies were …

The spectacular failure of the 150-year old investment bank Lehman Brothers on September 15th, 2008 was a major turning … limited to the largest financial firms; (ii) the most affected institutions were the surviving “non-bank” financial services …

heterogeneous patterns in the interest rates paid to borrow unsecured funds once bank size and other bank and market factors that …, but the economic size of the effect is small. Bank reputation and perceived credit riskiness are the most relevant factors … “punishment”, which possibly reflects market discipline. Bank reputation becomes even more important. (3) After Lehman …

We propose a rigorous and flexible methodological framework to select and calibrate initial shocks to be used in bank … financial variables typically used in bank stress testing. …

of deposit insurance adoption on individual bank leverage. Using a panel of banks across 117 countries during the period … capital buffer. This increase in bank leverage then translates into higher probability of insolvency. Most importantly, I …