The objectives of this paper are, first, to analyze whether banks' risk-taking can be explained by factors contributing to implicit guarantees and by factors associated with banks' business models. Second, it analyzes how risk-taking associated with these factors has changed from a period before...

The article explores the legislative and regulatory responses to the global financial crisis, from a US-EU comparative perspective, focusing on the measures dealing with banks' and financial intermediaries' distress. A dual-stage approach in both legal systems is identified: the first, aiming to...

Nirgendwo ist die Globalisierung so weit fortgeschritten wie im Finanzsektor. Internationale Finanz- und Währungskrisen sowie Konkurse international tätiger Banken rückten in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten zunehmend die Risiken "entfesselter" Finanzmärkte in den Vordergrund. In Wissenschaft...