This paper investigates the size-efficiency relation of European cooperative banks during the 2006-2015 period. We … cooperative banks from 12 European countries. This work extends the existing literature by focusing on shape of size-efficiency … European cooperative banks are significantly more cost efficient than their bigger peers and that the size-efficiency relation …

In this changing context of evolving market structures and regulations, the bank business models analysis can provide … risk attached to each bank business model and its contribution to systemic risk throughout the economic cycle. This policy … of European banks, and secondly, it delves into the importance of bank business models analysis for regulation and …

examines the relationship between economic policy uncertainty and bank stability, as well as the conditioning effects of bank … over the period 2005-2014, economic policy uncertainty has been consistently linked to a sharp decrease in bank stability …, once other traditional drivers are controlled for. More importantly, this paper offers insight into how strengthening bank …

industry she supervises (or in closely connected ones). Appointments of such executives impact more favorably bank valuations …

Can a tightening of the bank resolution regime lead to more prudent bank behavior? This policy paper reviews arguments … for why this could be the case and presents evidence linking changes in bank resolution regimes with bank risk-taking. The … authors find that the tightening of bank resolution in the U.S. (i.e., the introduction of the Orderly Liquidation Authority …