In the United States and the European Union (EU), political incentives to oppose cross-border banking have been strong in spite of the measurable benefits to the real economy from breaking down geographic barriers. Even a federal-level supervisor and safety net are not by themselves sufficient...

The Basel capital adequacy ratios lost credibility with financial markets during the crisis. This paper argues that failure was the result of the reliance of the Basel standards on overstated asset values in reported equity capital. The United States' stress tests were able to assist in...

En este trabajo estudiamos los efectos de las tres principales políticas monetarias no convencionales del Banco Central Europeo (BCE) en los bancos de la zona del euro desde 2011. Más concretamente, nos centramos en el impacto sobre los préstamos, cartera de soberanos y depósitos en bancos...

This paper focuses on market discipline as a necessary condition to preserve the signaling content of balance sheet indicators and market prices as macroprudential tools. It argues that market discipline enhances the information content of market prices by reflecting the expected private cost of...