the recent financial crisis. Using a sample of 36,343 forecasts issued for 411 European banks over 2003–2009, we find that … abilities vary over time: during the crisis (insolvency, credit, liquidity and market specific) risks increase earnings forecast … errors, whereas before the crisis they do not influence forecasting abilities as expected. Finally, we find that during 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 … suggests that crisis-countries had weaker regulatory and supervisory frameworks compared to those in emerging countries during …