Corporate Governance of banks is not only important it also unique. Sound bank Corporate Governance is a crucial element for promoting a more resilient financial system and sustaining economic growth.A systematic literature review is conducted on a sample of articles published on peer-reviewed...

Default of a sovereign entity was usually considered an extremely rare event. Similarly, countries were not commonly supposed to go bankrupt and, therefore, government bonds are usually considered a good proxy of risk-free rates, notwithstanding the more or less recent cases of default and debt...

State intervention to curb the global economic downturn triggered by the subprime crisis led to massive disbursements to support banks and the economy. Both the EU and the US adopted measures that diverted tremendous amounts of taxpayer money to sustain the banking system. EU states used...