measured by the Z-score technique while controlling for macroeconomic, bank-specific, regulatory, and institutional factors …

We analyze whether and how bank deregulation relates to the M&A centric consolidation of U.S. banking industry. Using … significant effect of deregulation on bank consolidation in overall and functionally diverse M&A terms. However, geographically … diverse M&A activity remains largely unaffected by bank deregulation. Importantly, these results are predominantly observed in …

banks. We focus on the provisions that are aimed at reshaping bank boards' composition, functioning, and their members …' liabilities, and argue that they are unlikely to improve bank boards' effectiveness or prevent excessive risk-taking. We criticize … diversity requirements will worsen the shortage of bank directors, while requirements for induction and training and board …

. Specifically, we study the relaxation of bank branching restrictions in Spain which triggered off a remarkable inter … bank inter-regional branch deregulation have any positive effect, the most benefited provinces would be the least developed …

-Saxon market based system and more bank-based system, prevalent in most of continental Europe. The pluralistic structure of EU …

impact on the European banking sector and the European economy. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Single Resolution …

. The European Central Bank, in its capacity as supervisory authority for systemically important banks, as well as the …

foster additional non-bank sources of finance, mobilize private savings more efficiently and enhance capital market … finances. In a CMU sovereign risks have to be treated adequately in bank regulation. Third, it should be assessed in advance … which sources of non-bank finance will be demanded by companies and will become systemic. We recommend an integrated …