As a new round of talks to reunify Cyprus continues, there is a real sense that a solution might at long last be …

This article investigates the role of the EU in conflict resolution, taking Cyprus as a case of an 'internalised …

The political parties in Cyprus are extremely powerful. They play a dominant role in the public as well as the private …. Trade unions are probably the most important and influential of the CSOs in Cyprus. Second, it will examine the relationship … between political parties and trade unions in contemporary Cyprus, focusing on the changing context within which their …

, specific regulation is well suited to correct this situation, whereas a repeal or significant restriction of the safe harbours …

In this paper we use insights from organizational economics and financial regulation to studythe optimal architecture …, securities and insurance supervision should befurther integrated; (ii) macro prudential supervisory function must be in the hands … independent than Central Banks are on their monetary task; (v) thesupervisory agency cannot rely on high powered incentives to …

) matched to bank-level panel data for the US, Canada and 27 European countries. Ourdataset covers almost 7,000 banks (including … operating costs and is greater for smaller firmsthan larger firms. Although the long-run effects are similar, US and UK banks …

The objective of this paper is to propose a model to assess risk for banks. Its main innovation is to incorporate … endogenous interaction between banks, recognising that the actual risk to which an individual bank is exposed also depends on its … interaction with other banks and other private sector agents. To this end, we develop a two-period general equilibrium model with …

calibrated against UK data. The model comprises a household sector, three active heterogeneous banks, a central bank … in our model, i.e. banks’ probabilities of default and banks’ profits - to a proxy of welfare. …

Interpretation for Banks represented a critical step on the way to delineate the relationship between the financial sector and human … rights: the document lays the foundations for the adoption of the first ever comprehensive guide on how universal banks …

insurance againt the unforeseen contingencies which the ex-ante contract cannot take into account. In this context, we are able … trade-off between the need for incentives and the gains from insurance that voiding in some circumstances offers to the …