Governance, Regulation and Bank Stability

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