The European Banking Union entered the EU’s agenda in the summer of 2012. The design of the project has been proceeding quickly. This paper is a summary of the issues which have been better understood while walking towards the union. It discusses the implications for central bank independence...

Nowadays, the canon of modern monetary policy, conducting by independent central bank is the principle. The book analyzes the direct inflation targeting strategy and the management of inflation expectations. In the context of financial stability has been addressed issues of uniform surveillance...

This paper deals with the definition of the content and objectives of the European banking union. It discusses the mutual relations between the various banking union’s elements. Although banking union is a logical continuation of the European integration, the author does not recommend current...

This study provides a link between accounting, managerial discretion and monetary policy. Monetary authorities encourage banking institutions to supply credit to the economy. Increased bank supply of credit is a good thing but too much of a good can be a bad thing. This paper investigates under...

This Paper analyses the effects on ex ante risk-shifting incentives and ex post fiscal costs of three policies that are frequently used in dealing with banking crises, namely, forbearance from prudential regulations, extension of blanket deposit guarantees, and provision of unrestricted...

This paper studies the strategic interaction between a bank whose deposits are randomly withdrawn, and a lender of last resort (LLR) that bases its decision on supervisory information on the quality of the bank’s assets. The bank is subject to a capital requirement and chooses the liquidity...