On June 4-5, 2014, SUERF and Baffi Finlawmetrics jointly organised a Colloquium/Conference "Money, Regulation and Growth: Financing New Growth in Europe" at Bocconi University, Milan. The present SUERF Study includes a selection of papers based on the authors’ contributions to the Milan event....

After the 2008 Financial Meltdown, the need to reconsider the separation between commercial banking and other financial risky activities—ring fencing—in order to mitigate systemic risks and to address the too big to fail problems was publicly recognized both in the USA and in Europe. In...

Analyzing ongoing changes in the design of regulatory and supervisory authorities over the banking and financial industry in Europe, this comprehensive Handbook pays particular attention to the role of national central banks, the new financial supervisory authorities and the European Central...

We provide the first detailed quantitative assessment of the effects of the Financial Fair Play Regulation (FFPR) introduced by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) on the income statements and balance sheets of European football clubs. While other studies exist documenting the...

The 2010 UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations (FFPR) constitute an enhancement of the Club Licensing System, originally introduced in 2004-2005 with the aim to regulate the world of European football and create a more competitive and level playing field. The aim of this paper...