Contemporary Issues in Banking

Chapter 1. Introduction; Myriam García Olalla and Judith Clifton.- Part I. Regulation.- Chapter 2. The Impact of Recent Regulatory Reform on the Use of Supply Chain Finance - The Case of Reverse Factoring; Viktor Elliot and Ted Lindblom.- Chapter 3. The Bank Resolution Framework in the EU: Preliminary Empirical Evidence from Specialised and Regional Banks; Ewa Miklaszewska and Jan Pys.- Chapter 4. Market Risk Disclosure in Banks' Balance Sheet and Pillar 3 Report: The Case of Italian Banks; Enzo Scannella.- Chapter 5. Central banks' Communication Strategies: Just Words?; Vincenzo Farina, Giuseppe Galloppo and Daniele A. Previati.- Chapter 6. Complaining in Consumer Credit: Evidence from the Italian Financial System; S. Cosma, F. Pancotto and P.Vezzani.- Part II. Corporate Governance and Performance.- Chapter 7. Bank Boards in Europe: Trade-Offs in Size, Composition and Turnover; Eleuterio Vallelado and Myriam García-Olalla.- Chapter 8. The Impact of Internal Corporate Governance Mechanisms on Corporate Social Performance in the Banking Industry; Jose Luis Fernández, María D. Odriozola and Manuel Luna-García.- Chapter 9. Bank Ownership and Firm-Level Performance: An Empirical Assessment of State-Owned Development Banks; Marco Frigerio and Daniela Vandone.- Chapter 10. Non-Financial Rating and Socially Responsible Investment Reaction to Financial Turmoil; Helen Chiappini and Gianfranco A. Vento.- Chapter 11. What Determines Interest Margins? The Case of Chinese Banks; Ming Qi and Jiawei Zhang.- Part III. Firm Financing and Valuation.- Chapter 12. How do Banks and Investment Funds affect Family Risk-Taking? Evidence from the Financial Crisis; David Blanco-Alcántara, Jorge Bento Farinha, Mauricio Jara Bertín, Óscar López de Foronda and Marcos Santamaría Mariscal.- Chapter 13. Does Bank Regulation Spill-Over to Firm Financing? SME Financing, Bank Monitoring and the Efficiency of the Bank Lending Channel; Viktor Elliot and Magnus Willesson.- Chapter 14. Earn-Outs in Debt Restructuring Plans: Economics and Valuation; Josanco Floreani, Maurizio Polat ^, and Maurizio Massaro.- Chapter 15. Book and Market Values of European Banks: Country, Size and Business Mix Effects; Riccardo Ferretti, Andrea Landi and Valeria Venturelli.- Part IV. Contemporary Issues.- Chapter 16. Assessing and Measuring Banking Culture; Beatriz Fernández Muñiz, José Manuel Montes Peón and Camilo José Vázquez Ordás.- Chapter 17. A Multidimensional Approach to Equity Crowdfunding: Bridging the Equity Gap and Boosting Social Capital; Bernardo Balboni, Elisabetta Gualandri, Ulpiana Kocollari, Alessia Pedrazzoli and Valeria Venturelli.- Chapter 18. Structure and Risks of the Chinese Shadow Banking System- The Next Challenge for the Global Economy?; PiotrLasak. Chapter 19. Analysis of the Main Trends in European and U.S. banks and their Impact on Performance; Giusy Chesini and Elisa Giaretta.