attempting to identify an effective discipline for bank organizations and their board members. Coherently with the evolution of … administrative sanctions issued by the Bank of Italy upon the Italian banks during the period from 1998 to 2009, in order to … this analysis, we created a complete dataset including the entirety of administrative sanctions issued by the Bank of Italy …

We assess the quantitative effects of the recent proposal for more robust bank capital adequacy (Admati and Hellwig …

an association. Using one of the largest bank-level datasets collected from 12 Middle East and North African (MENA …

bank credit conditions for issuer firms, both at the firm-bank and firm level. We compare new loans granted to issuer firms … bank loans of the same maturity than non-issuer firms, suggesting an improvement in their bargaining power with banks. In … addition, issuer firms reduce the amount of used bank credit but increase the overall amount of available external funds …

This paper investigates how government-led banking liberalization affects credit allocation by banks using as a quasi …

lower interest rates on bank loans of the same maturity than non-issuer firms, suggesting an improvement in their bargaining … power with banks. Issuer firms also reduce the amount of used bank credit, expand their total and fixed assets, and raise …

price. Performance targets for bankers are not related to the risk of the bank, and ROE targets are not appropriately … adjusted for leverage. Consequently, the design of executive compensation in banking may encourage both high leverage and risk … of short-term pay for bank CEOs and the risk of the bank before the financial crisis …

reporting discretion and enforcement deserve careful consideration. In addition, bank regulation through its interlinkage with …