accountability to invest in the wider economy. The global crisis has shown the importance of the activities of credit rating agencies … the crisis. During the expansion of the real estate market banks are exposed to a high risk associated with the segment of … about the ratings issued for the country after the outbreak of the financial crisis and consequently, economic growth and …

argument for treating banks as public good. Banks received a great support from governments as a result of the subprime crisis …. G-20 and European Commission recommended new regulations for this sector after crisis. As consequence of banking …

novel econometric evidence by accounting for times of crisis (2008-2013) and economic recovery (2014-2015). To achieve these …-to-date database available encompassing 16 EU countries over the time-period 2000- 2015. The paper accounts for times of crisis (2008 … percent of growth. Second, when accounting for times of crisis (2008-2013), in contrast to tangible capital, the paper detects …

, other variables gain a growing role: these include whether the country experiences a banking or currency crisis, the extent …

regulation on the probability of a crisis. We test this relationship by applying a Probit model of a non-linear specification to … annual data from 1999 to 2011 drawn from 132 countries. The probability of a financial crisis fits an inverted U-shaped curve …