The great financial crisis and the euro area crisis led to a substantial reform of financial safety nets across Europe and - critically - to the introduction of supranational elements. Specifically, a supranational supervisor was established for the euro area, with discrete arrangements for...

The contribution of financial and non-financial risks to the overall level of risk in the system depends on the current state of the EU banking system (which, in the aggregate and compared with banking sectors in other major advanced economies, cannot be characterised as strong) and how...

Part I: European Banking: Through the Crises and Beyond -- Chapter 1: European Banking: An Overview; Thorsten Beck, Barbara Casu -- Chapter 2: Financial Structure; Marco Pagano, Sam Langfield -- Chapter 3: Bank Governance and Ownership Structures; John Wilson, John Goddard, Donal McKillop --...