The present financial crisis will considerably influence the architecture of contemporary banking systems. In this context, we will witness a series of changes from the point of view of the number of institutions, their typology, sources and the ways to attract resources, the property’s form...

This paper investigates the performance of labour markets during the recent crisis for 28 industrialised countries, specifically the reaction of employment and unemployment indicators relative to output changes. We construct a composite indicator for output as well as labour market performance....

In the last 10-15 years the preoccupation concerning administrative expenses were expressed in concrete initiatives. The networks concerning Standard Costs Model (SCM) are worth mentioning for reducing administrative expenses in private business area. European Commission elaborated and is...

In a time of financial crisis governments in many countries are taking measures to continue to serve the citizens efficiently by improving government productivity and evolving new cost‐effective governance structures and systems. One of the fundamental tools for enhancing efficiency,...

To some degree, nation-states still operate autonomously while dictated by demands of their local particularities. The interconnectedness of the global economic dynamics, however, requires nation-states to morph beyond their traditional capacities and adapt into the new environment that was...

There are unsettled and unsettling times. We hear stories of increasing worry and concern over job security and financial well-being. As the job market shrinks, more people lose their jobs and job searches become increasingly competitive. Some may settle for jobs for which they are...

Could either monetary policy or financial prudential regulation be relied on individually to mitigate asset price cycles or their effects? If both ways are effective, monetary policy and prudential regulation could then be considered “substitutes,” in the sense that the individual use of...

The Northern Rock mortgage bank was a high profile casualty of the credit crunch in 2007. A longitudinal investigation focused on the redundancy and resettlement of employees at the bank provides a case study of the labour market impact of the banking crisis on the North East of England. An...

This paper deals with the sensitivity relation between firm investment and internal liquidity by splitting samples into two different groups of firm, namely the tradable (T) and non-tradable (N) sectors. This paper finds that during boom periods, there is no significant financial constraint on...

L'article vise à montrer comment le commissaire aux comptes (CAC) doit adapter sa mission à un contexte de crise économique et financière. En effet, le CAC doit mettre en œuvre des diligences spécifiques au contexte économique, puisque certains risques sont ainsi amplifiés, comme ceux...