Governance, Regulation and Bank Stability

Francesca Battaglia, University of Naples 'Parthenope', Italy Paola Brighi, University of Bologna, Italy Giorgio Carlo Brugnoni Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Barbara Casu, Cass Business School, City University London, UK Laura Chiaramonte, Catholic University of Milan, Italy Concetta Colasimone, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Stefano Cosma, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Bimei Deng, University of Reading, UK Vincenzo Farina, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Italy Alessandra Ferrari, University of Reading, UK Giampaolo Gabbi, University of Siena, Italy Angela Gallo, University of Salerno, Italy Elisabetta Gualandri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Pasquale La Ganga, Bank of Italy Ewa Miklaszewska, Cracow University of Economics, Poland Federica Poli, Catholic University of Milan, Italy Daniele Previati, University of Rome III, Italy Luca Riccetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Anjan V. Thakor, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, USA Franco Tutino, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Gianfranco Antonio Vento, Regent's College in London, UK Valeria Venturelli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

1. Challenges for Banks and a New Regulatory Framework; Ted Lindblom, Stefan Sjögren and Magnus Willesson 2. Leverage, System Risk and Financial System Health; Anjan V. Thakor 3. Did Strong Boards Affect Bank Tail Risk During the Financial Crisis?; Francesca Battaglia and Angela Gallo 4. Corporate Governance of Banks and Financial Crisis; Gianfranco A. Vento and Pasquale La Ganga 5. Predicting European Bank Distress; Laura Chiaramonte and Federica Poli 6. The Impact of Deregulation and Re-Regulation on Bank Efficiency; Bimei Deng, Barbara Casu and Alessandra Ferrari 7. Small Banks in Post-Crisis Regulatory Architecture; Ewa Miklaszewska 8. The Sovereign Debt Crisis; Stefano Cosma and Elisabetta Gualandri 9. Diversification Strategies and Performance Results in the Italian Banking System; Paola Brighi and Valeria Venturelli 10. Intermediation Model, Bank Size and Lending to Customers; Franco Tutino, Concetta Colasimone, Giorgio Carlo Brugnoni and Luca Riccett 11. A Proposal to Measure Banks' Reputation Using Twitter; Vincenzo Farina, Giampaolo Gabbi and Daniele Previati