...Vitor Branco Oliveira; Clara Raposo Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between regulation, market discipline and banking distress. Design/methodology/approach To address the empirical question put forward above, a multivariate logit model is applied to an international sample...

...Kim Abildgren Purpose The 1950s was characterised by pronounced stability of the banking sector in many countries, which the existing literature has attributed to tight regulation. However, other factors than regulation are important for financial stability. The purpose of this paper...

...Lukasz Prorokowski Purpose The current paper contributes to the vigorous debate about policies and regulations that would shield financial markets' participants from future events of the financial turmoil. In doing so, the paper aims to broaden the picture of the financial crisis contagion and set...

...Sabur Mollah; Vassiliki L. Papaikonomou Purpose This paper attempts to identify the areas for further research related to regulating credit‐rating agencies (CRAs), in order to assess whether the prerequisite for a “complete change” is present so to achieve a genuine paradigm shift on the matter...

..., it analyzes the laxity in regulations that encouraged high financial leverages, shadow banking system and excessive stock market volatility and worsened the recent financial crisis. Originality/value The implication of this paper is to understand numerous policy reforms that will help the global capital...