of bank complexity. Yet, surprisingly little is known about changes in complexity across countries, its drivers, and its …

. Since the establishment of the Banking Union in 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) can impose stricter regulations than … bank's contribution to systemic risk (SRISK) at the national and the euro-area level. Our research delivers three main …, an exploration of the drivers of systemic risk shows that a bank’s contribution to systemic risk is positively related to …

,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to … regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can … spur growth in cross-border bank mergers. Also, mergers tend to be less frequent if information costs are high. …

(President of the European Council 2012): banking supervision at the European level, a European authority for bank restructuring … and resolution financed by a bank resolution fund, and a European deposit insurance fund. So far, concrete proposals have …

backstop for bank restructuring is needed. The ESM can play a role but additional fiscal burden sharing agreements are needed …