Governance, Regulation and Bank Stability

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Challenges for Banks and a New Regulatory Framework....Pages 1-8
Leverage, System Risk and Financial System Health: How Do We Develop a Healthy Financial System?....Pages 9-19
Did Strong Boards Affect Bank Tail Risk During the Financial Crisis? Evidence from European Countries....Pages 20-47
Corporate Governance of Banks and Financial Crisis: Can the Post-crisis Rules Make Banks Safer?....Pages 48-76
Predicting European Bank Distress: Evidence from the Recent Financial Crisis....Pages 77-99
The Impact of Deregulation and Re-regulation on Bank Efficiency: Evidence from Asia....Pages 100-128
Small Banks in Post-crisis Regulatory Architecture: The Case of Cooperative Banks in Poland....Pages 129-150
The Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Impact on the Intermediation Model of Italian Banks....Pages 151-180
Diversification Strategies and Performance in the Italian Banking System....Pages 181-200
Intermediation Model, Bank Size and Lending to Customers: Is There a Significant Relationship? Evidence from Italy: 2008–2011....Pages 201-241
Good News, Bad News: A Proposal to Measure Banks’ Reputation using Twitter....Pages 242-259
Back Matter....Pages 261-269