Bank Stability, Sovereign Debt and Derivatives

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   • Joseph Falzon

   Pages 1-6

3. On the Relationship between Bank Business Models and Financial Stability: Evidence from the Financial Crisis in OECD Countries

   • Laura Chiaramonte, Federica Poli, Marco Oriani

   Pages 7-30

4. Cooperative Banking in Poland: A Post-Crisis Record of Stability and Efficiency

   • Ewa Miklaszewska, Krzysztof Kil

   Pages 31-56

5. Credit Development, Quality Deterioration and Intermediation Model: Does Bank Size Matter?

   • Franco Tutino, Concetta Colasimone, Giorgio Carlo Brugnoni

   Pages 57-92

6. Credit Supply and the Rise in Sovereign Debt Risk in the Eurozone

   • Pierluigi Morelli, Giovanni B. Pittaluga, Elena Seghezza

   Pages 93-114

7. Credit Guarantee Institutions, Performance and Risk Analysis: An Experimental Scoring

   • Paola Leone, Ida C. Panetta, Pasqualina Porretta

   Pages 115-160

8. The Role of Trade Credit and the Cost of Capital

   • Ted Lindblom, Gert Sandahl

   Pages 161-182

9. Accounting for the Level of Success of Firms in Achieving Their Objectives for Using Derivatives

   • Frank Bezzina, Simon Grima, Joseph Falzon

   Pages 183-202

10. The Management of Foreign Exchange Exposures

    • Göran Bergendahl, Stefan Sjögren

    Pages 203-234

11. Risk Governance in Pension Funds: Management Control in Dutch Pension Funds

    • Leo A. van Eerden

    Pages 235-254

12. A New Risk-Adjusted Performance Approach for Measuring the Value of Securities Exchanges

    • Maurizio Polato, Josanco Floreani

    Pages 255-282

13. Does Private Equity Investment Positively Impact on Firm Profitability and on the Growth of the Target Company?

    • Giusy Chesini, Elisa Giaretta

    Pages 283-302

14. Back Matter

    Pages 303-308

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The latest scholarly developments in research on banking, financial markets, and the recent financial crisis. This selection of papers were presented at the Wolpertinger Conference held in Valletta, Malta, 2012 and provide insights into bank performance, banking risk, securitisation, bank stability, sovereign debt and derivatives.

• bank
• banking
• derivatives
• financial markets
• growth
• investment
• Italy
• Pension Funds
• private equity
• Risk Management
• Scoring
• investments and securities

• University of Malta, Malta

  Joseph Falzon

Laura Chiaramonte, University of Verona, Italy Federica Poli, University of Milan, Italy Marco Oriani, University of Milan, Italy Ewa Miklaszewska, Cracow University of Economics, Poland Krzysztof Kil, Cracow University of Economics, Poland Franco Tutino, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Concetta Colasimone, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Giorgio Carlo Brugnoni, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Pierluigi Morelli, ABI (Italian Bank Association), Italy Giovanni B. Pittaluga, University of Genoa, Italy Elena Seghezza, University of Genoa, Italy Paola Leone, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Ida C. Panetta, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Pasqualina Porretta, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Ted Lindblom, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Gert Sandahl, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Frank Bezzina, University of Malta, Malta Simon Grima, University of Malta, Malta Göran Bergendahl, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Stefan Sjögren, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Maurizio Polato, University of Udine, Italy Josanco Floreani, University of Udine, Italy Giusy Chesini, University of Verona, Italy Elisa Giaretta, University of Verona, Italy Leo Van Eerden, VU University Amsterdam

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