implications of the analysis for regulation and competition policy are derived. It is found that optimal regulation may depend on …

the intensity of competition. -- antitrust ; regulation ; crisis ; risk-taking ; mergers ; state aid ; bail-outs … implications of the analysis for regulation and competition policy are derived. It is found that optimal regulation may depend on …

I investigate whether bank bailouts since the outbreak of the financial crisis affected competition in the European … Lerner index. Effects are heterogeneous and driven by bank rescues directly after the outbreak of the financial crisis in … 2008 and not by bank rescues triggered during the European sovereign debt crisis starting in 2010. My findings cast …

implications of the analysis for regulation and competition policy are derived. It is found that optimal regulation may depend on …

of bank risk and returns to the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach - The author employs weighted least squares (WLS …

new regulation specifically for EMTs as part of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) proposal. This paper compares the … current e-money legislation with the proposed MiCA regulation for EMTs. We argue that the MiCA proposal weakens the current … impact, and raise antitrust questions …

and Fortis Bank NL in the Dutch retail banking market. The financial crisis delayed the completion of the merger giving …

A model of loan rate competition with liquidity provision by banks is used to study bank mergers. Both loan rate … of bank mergers. As such, we contrast the effects of "revenue base enhancing" mergers with the effects of mergers "for … stability and efficiency is often present, indicating that the approval of bank mergers induces difficult policy choices. …