empirical support. We conclude that bank equity is not socially expensive, and that high leverage at the levels allowed, for … makes banking inefficient. Better capitalized banks suffer fewer distortions in lending decisions and would perform better …

-Steagall barriers between banking, securities, and insurance firms would instead make implicit taxpayer support of large institutions …

-big-to-fail institutions will do little to arrest subsidy-induced activities. Rebuilding Glass-Steagall barriers between banking, securities …

regional banks provided by the Bank of Italy (1998-2011). We find that IRAP rate changes do not always lead to a change in … excessive leverage in the banking system …

The European Banking Authority (EBA) released new interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) guidelines in July …

banking market structure and regulatory ability on the bank's risk are interdependent. Empirical analysis on 190 countries …This study investigates how regulatory ability and banking market structure affect explicit deposit insurance scheme … choice. (ii) Excessive competitive banking market structure leads to the existence of an invalid region of both eDIS and iDIS …

Although liquidity creation is a key banking function, little is known about its determinants. We use a new … bank liquidity creation and these liquidity-reducing effects are smaller among more profitable banks and larger among …

their operating performance and liquidity risk are significantly different if bank is in joint or single auditing setting …

In this study, using the World Bank's Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey (BRSS) data, we draw insights about the … bank regulatory/supervisory styles, illustrate the differences in regulation/supervision among crisis, non-crisis and BRICS … countries, and highlight the ways in which bank regulation and supervision has changed during the crisis period. The study …