The 5th joint SUERF/Bank of Finland joint conference was held in Helsinki on 13 June 2013. The general theme of the …

firm positioned at the centre of an alliance network enjoys a lower cost of bank loans. Finally, we find that borrowing …This paper examines the effects of strategic alliances on non-financial firms’ bank loan financing. We construct … alliance partner and the relative networking position in the overall alliance network. We find that firms with active alliance …

We study whether the mechanism design in the central bank liquidity auctions matters for the interbank money market … valuations in the liquidity auctions. The model captures the relevant features of how the European Central Bank sells liquidity …

Recently, banking literature has had a quest for appropriate pricing of bank loans under the new Basel II rules and has … price bank’s corporate loans, aiming at making bank managers aware of the creation/destruction of shareholder value. We show …

simulation techniques. The studies have been presented at the simulator seminars arranged by the Bank of Finland during the years …

The impact of cross-border bank M&As on bank risk remains an open question. Though geographically diversifying bank M …&As have the potential to reduce the risk of bank insolvency, they also have the potential to increase that risk due to the … increase in risk-taking incentives for bank managers and stockholders following these transactions. This paper empirically …

institutions on bank risk-taking behaviour. This paper examines a wide array of institutional reforms in respect of law and legal … effects of institutional reforms on bank risk are more pronounced for domestic banks than foreign banks. From the policy …