Bank Performance, Risk and Firm Financing

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Bank Size, Market Power and Financial Stability....Pages 7-31
Bank Risk and Analysts’ Forecasts....Pages 32-54
Foreign Banks in Central Eastern Europe: Impact of Foreign Governance on Bank Performance....Pages 55-82
Financial Crisis and Bank Profitability....Pages 83-105
Asset-Backed Securitization and Financial Stability: The Downgrading Delay Effect....Pages 106-134
A Revenue-Based Frontier Measure of Banking Competition....Pages 135-153
Regulation and Bank Performance in Europe....Pages 154-173
The Italian Popular Banks and Their Behaviour after the Recent Financial Crisis....Pages 174-193
Access to Equity for New, Innovative Companies in Italy....Pages 194-214
Can R&D Expenditures Affect Firm Market Value? An Empirical Analysis of a Panel of European Listed Firms....Pages 215-241
Value Creation of Internationalization Strategies of Italian Medium-Sized Listed Firms....Pages 242-272
Managers’ Capital Structure Decisions — the Pecking Order Puzzle....Pages 273-288
Back Matter....Pages 289-295