On 3 July 2015, SUERF organized its sixth joint conference with the Bank of Finland in Helsinki on the subject of …

problems associated with transitory liquidity outflows, even absent any change in a bank's value. Our premise is that the scope …

This paper examines the effects of strategic alliances on non-financial firms’ bank loan financing. We construct …) can provide an endorsement effect and benefit the borrowers by reducing the price of bank loans. Moreover, a borrowing … firm positioned at the centre of an alliance network enjoys a lower cost of bank loans. Finally, we find that borrowing …

of bank efficiency further show that foreign banks are associated with higher profit efficiency but moderately lower cost … progress in banking reforms, privatization and corporate governance restructuring, also has a positive impact on bank …

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 …

decisions, we examine whether banks take into consideration the gender of CFOs when pricing bank loans. We find that in our … sample, firms under the control of female CFOs on average enjoy about 11% lower bank loan price than firms under the control …