Italian Abstract: Partendo dalla missione delle fondazioni di origine bancaria (FOB), frutto delle privatizzazioni delle banche pubbliche italiane avviate nel 1990, si valuta la qualità dell'operato di tali enti, applicando un modello d'analisi che ne considera attività filantropica, attività...

Starting from the analysis of the contents of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, we focus on action eight: "The EU Commission will explore the feasibility of including risks associated with climate and other environmental factors in institutions’ risk management policies, as well as...

By analysing the macro financial determinants of the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 on 83 countries, we find that the probability of suffering the crisis in 2008 was larger for countries having higher levels of credit deposit ratio whereas it was lower for countries having higher levels of:...

We investigate the macro financial determinants of the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 using data on 83 countries from the period 1998-2006. Our results show that the probability of suffering the crisis in 2008 was larger for countries having higher levels of credit deposit ratio whereas it...

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Financial instability after the global financial crisis: taxonomy and models -- 1. The Global Financial Crisis -- 2. Minsky's financial instability hypothesis -- 3. Financial...

We investigate the relationship between a bank's rating and its business model and hypothesize that relationship changed through the crisis. We use bank ratings by Fitch, Moody's and S&P's from 2006 to 2009 and proxy the business model via an index given by a banks' traditional income share in...