Financial Institutions in the Global Financial Crisis

Shaofang Li has been assistant professor at the Southeast University School of Economics and Management and since March 2015. She received her doctorate from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Dr. Li’s main areas of research interest are financial derivatives, risk management, cost of capital, the clearing and custody industry, and financial crises. Her work has been published in the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, and the International Review of Financial Analysis.

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The use of financial derivatives and risks of U.S. bank holding companies.- Chapter 3 Quality of bank capital and bank lending behavior during the global financial crisis.- Chapter 4 Competition in the clearing and settlement industry.- Chapter 5 General discussion and conclusion.