While many studies analysed the impact of capital regulations on lending, not much attention has been devoted to the role of other regulatory aspects in shaping credit expansion. The present study endeavours to fill this void by analysing the relation between a broad array of banking regulations...

This book offers holistic, economic analysis of the on-going regulatory reform in the European banking industry. The author addresses the main opportunities and pitfalls related to post-crisis financial regulation, and investigates whether the proposed solutions provide an appropriate response...