Part I Genesis and evolution of the global financial crisis: The crisis of international finance, the Eurozone and economic growth by Otto Hieronymi.-The European Twin Sovereign Debt and Banking Crises by Beniamino Moro.-Part II Bank opportunistic behaviour and structural reforms: Moral-hazard conduct in the European banks during the first wave of the present financial crisis by Paolo Mattana and Stefania P. S. Rossi.- Agency Problems in Banking: Types of and Incentives for Risk Shifting by Miguel A. Duran and Ana Lozano-Vivas.- Structural Reform, Too-Big-To Fail and Banks as Public Utilities in Europe by Philip Molyneux.- Part III Bank regulation, credit access and bank performance: Did Basel II affect credit growth to corporate borrowers during the crisis? by Danilo V. Mascia, Kevin Keasey and Francesco Vallascas.- Bank profitability and capital adequacy in the post-crisis context by Marina Brogi and Rosaria Langone.- Bank credit access and gender discrimination: Some stylized factsby Emma Galli and Stefania P. S. Rossi.- When do individual bank executives matter for bank performance? by Duc Duy Nguyen, Jens Hagendorff and Arman Eshraghi.- Part IV Credit crunch: regional issues: Bottlenecks of the financial system at national and regional level: the case of Italy and Sardinia by Roberto Malavasi.- The potential evolution of the supply of credit to the productive chain: a focus on Italy and the regional Sardinian economy by Martino Lo Cascio and Mauro Aliano.- Direct Access to the Debt Capital Market by Unlisted Companies in Italy. Effects of Changes in Civil Law: an Empirical Investigation by Giuseppe Riccio.- Did Basel II affect credit growth to corporate borrowers during the crisis? by Danilo V. Mascia, Kevin Keasey and Francesco Vallascas.- Bank profitability and capital adequacy in the post-crisis context by Marina Brogi and Rosaria Langone.- Bank credit access and gender discrimination: Some stylized facts by Emma Galli and Stefania P. S. Rossi.
When do individual bank executives matter for bank performance?
Duc Duy Nguyen, Jens Hagendorff and Arman Eshraghi
Part IV Credit crunch: regional issues
Bottlenecks of the financial system at national and regional level: the case of Italy and Sardinia
Roberto Malavasi
The potential evolution of the supply of credit to the productive chain: a focus on Italy and the regional Sardinian economy
Martino Lo Cascio and Mauro Aliano
Direct Access to the Debt Capital Market by Unlisted Companies in Italy. Effects of Changes in Civil Law: an Empirical Investigation
Giuseppe Riccio
About the Author: Stefania P. S. Rossi is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Cagliari. She has been Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University, Research Economist at the World Bank, Professor at the University of Vienna and at the International Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Her publications comprise many articles in international academic journals.
Roberto Malavasi is Chair of Financial Markets and Institutions at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Cagliari. He has been teaching Banking and Finance for more than 40 years. His publications comprise articles either in Italian and international journals, as well as some finance and international finance textbooks.
