... with a number of key policy lessons for rapidly expanding economies. Keywords: Ireland, Regulation, Banking industry, Recession,Financial economy www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/13581981011060808 This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 3, 2010, pp. 224-42, Journal of Financial...

... Recession Germany In November 2009, ERGO, Munich Re's primary insurance group, announced a comprehensive group restructuring plan under which ERGO planned to sell new life insurance products under the ERGO brand only and under which Victoria Life, one of ERGO's life carriers with technical...

...K.P.V. O'Sullivan; Tom Kennedy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the Irish banking crisis and explain how various factors contribute to a collapse in asset prices, an economic recession and the near failure of the banking system. The paper seeks to document the dangers of pro...

... per cent that existed in the mid‐1990s, the required injections are $500 bn, $725 bn, $250 bn and $225 bn, respectively. Europe Banking Recession Regulation This section describes the key events affecting key Western European banking systems during the period from 2007 to April 2009...

... October 2008 (House of Commons, 2008c). Maximilian J.B. Hall can be contacted at: m.j.hall1@lboro.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 United Kingdom Banking Financial economics Financial restructuring Recession The Treasury Committee's report on Northern Rock...