This paper describes liability risk management of Central European banks located in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Austria and Hungary. We find that liabilities of the analysed banks have similar features and report similar exposure to both liquidity and interest rate risks. Additionally,...

We present a meta-analysis of the impact of higher capital requirements imposed by regulatory reforms on the macroeconomic activity (Basel III). The empirical evidence derived from a unique dataset of 48 primary studies indicates that there is a negative, albeit moderate GDP level effect in...

In estimating agglomeration benefits across five OECD countries, this paper represents the first empirical analysis that contrasts cross-country evidence on agglomeration benefits with the productivity impact of metropolitan governance structures, while taking into account the potential sorting...