Notes on contributors -- Introduction / Juan Fernssndez de Guevara and José Manuel Pastor -- Financial stability and economic growth / Santiago Carbó Valverde and Luis Pedauga -- Financial crisis and EU banks' performance / Ted Lindblom and Magnus Willesson -- Diversification, diversity and...

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