The paper focuses on two control instruments created by the Italian Companies and Exchange Commission (CONSOB), the Blacklist and the Grey-list, to monitor the going-concern perspectives of listed Italian companies in distress situations. The study analyzes the determinants underlying the...

This paper assesses whether and how financial development triggers the occurrence of banking crises. It builds on a database that includes financial development as well as financial access, depth and efficiency for almost 100 countries. Through estimation of a dynamic logit panel model, it...

Life insurers' odds of being placed under regulatory control (for example, conservatorship or receivership) during the financial crisis years of 2008 and 2009 increased with deteriorating fundamentals at a much higher rate than during normal times or during the previous recession. However, no...