equilibrium when banks have monopoly power, justifying a Pigouvian tax in this case. …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the long run relationship between the development of banks and stock markets … as evidence supporting the significance of financial development for economic development although banks and stock …

differences in financial factors, which may reflect differences in country risk and the legal and regulatory framework that banks …

The current financial crisis has sparked intense debate about how weak banks should be resolved. Despite international …

This paper investigates the benefits of banks’ direct investment in foreign subsidiaries and branches for non …-financial multinationals. The paper builds on the literature on international banks which has primarily focused on the implications for host … the volume of FDI by home market banks boosts FDI by non-financial firms from the same home market. Domestic and third …

We document that trust in public institutions—and particularly trust in banks, business and government—has declined …

Parliament) and aristocratic titles (e.g., lords)--on the boards of directors of English and Welsh banks from 1879-1909 to … corroborates this finding, showing that a bank’s shares exhibited negative abnormal returns when their directors were elected to …

macroeconomics. The current policy, however, provides a credible platform for sustainable growth. Greece has entered the process of …-se determining growth, supply-side reforms and institutional performance are; and for Greece both are better served within the EMU …

of the restructuring left money on the table from the perspective of Greece, created a large risk for European taxpayers …

We describe the evolution of the power struggle in Greece among key economic and political stakeholders, who have tried …