Part I: Theory Of Banking Regulation And International Financial Standards -- Chapter 1: The Case for Banking Regulation -- Chapter 2: Key Aspects of Public International Financial Law – International Financial Standards -- Chapter 3: Key Institutional Aspects of the International Financial...

The goal of this study is to identify empirically how country-level development, taking into account the financial and macroeconomic environment, affect the risk profiles of the banking sector in Europe. Through a dataset that covers 3,399 European banks spanning the period 1996-2011, and the...

This note discusses the basic economics of central clearing for derivatives and the need for a proper regulation, supervision and resolution of central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs). New regulation in the U.S. and in Europe renders the involvement of a central counterparty mandatory for...