This paper distils three lessons for bank regulation from the experience of the 2009-12 euro-area financial crisis … fiscal distress, and inquires how the regulation of banks' sovereign exposures in the euro area should be changed to mitigate … new regulatory framework of the euro-area "banking union" can be expected to mitigate excessive forbearance and facilitate …

We analyze the benefits and costs of a non-euro country opting-in to the banking union. The decision to opt-in depends …, non-euro countries participating in the banking union will not be on equal footing with euro area members. Analysis …-capitalized backstops is established it may be optimal for a non-euro country to join the banking union upon the euro adoption. Assessing …

With a notional amount outstanding of more than USD 500 trillion, the market for OTC derivatives is of vital importance …), which means that CCPs are gaining in importance as critical financial market infrastructures. At the same time, there is … of scale. From a European perspective, it should be noted that the clearing of euro-denominated OTC derivatives mainly …

We analyze the benefits and costs of a non-euro country opting-in to the banking union. The decision to opt-in depends …, non-euro countries participating in the banking union will not be on equal footing with euro area members. Analysis …-capitalized backstops is established it may be optimal for a non-euro country to join the banking union upon the euro adoption. Assessing …