, and the interaction with banks’ risk management, supervisory tools and statistical requirements. It also examines how the … application of fair value accounting to banks’ trading book has impacted their share price volatility. It is concluded that the …

-interest rate credit conditions and terms, the risk perception of banks and the willingness of banks to lend. Credit standards are … the internal guidelines or criteria of a bank which reflect the bank’s loan policy. The terms and conditions of a loan …

Following the adoption by the Basel Committee of new capital rules for banks, a process is now taking place in the EU …

loans and the spreads between the interest rates on loans granted by banks and the interest rates banks had to pay on their …

banks (rather than securities markets), which results in excessively volatile credit creation and lower economic growth …. Third, large universal banks - which perform a wide range of banking services, and are peculiarly common in Europe … - contribute more to systemic risk than small and narrowly focused banks. To deal with these problems, policymakers should consider …

1) Are Italian mutual banks efficient? Evidence from two different cost frontier techniques, by Juan Sergio Lopez …, Alessandra Appenini, and Stefania P.S. Rossi. The aim of the first paper is to analyze the efficiency of co-operative banks in … small financial institutions that used to operate in a more protected environment. Based on a panel of about 450 banks …

This essay discusses the corporate governance of banks. Bank managers must balance competing demands from shareholders … and regulators, which distinguishes banks from most other firms. The essay is structured into three parts. The theoretical …

during the financial crisis as well as the recent developments of Italian banks, these results not only concern the US, but …

(CRE) exposures in Norway, applicable to the largest banks. CRE is the sector where banks have historically incurred the … weight floor is high enough to cover banks' CRE loan losses[1] during the downturn in 2002-03, but lower than the CRE loan … cover some of the losses. On the other hand, risk weight floors should not be set to a level that weakens banks' incentives …