The paper explores how prudential policies regulating the banking sector affect social metrics of sustainability such as economic inequality. According to the author the empirical analysis shows that prudential policies…

The paper analysis the effects of government support of banks on European financial integration and firm outcomes using data on syndicated lending. According to the author the results suggest that…

The author derives new estimates of the likely economic losses both from banking crises and from increasing bank capital requirements. According to the paper, a socially optimal level of bank capital…