The Role of Crises in Shaping Financial Systems: From the Global Financial Crisis to Covid-19

ISBN-13: 9781032126418 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 216 str.

Bartosz Witkowski

Opis

The Role of Crises in Shaping Financial Systems underscores the role of crises as turning points for the financial sector and its interactions with the real economy. It sheds new light on the financial industry through the lens of three recent crises – the global financial crisis, the sovereign debt crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spis treści

1. Chapter 1. Introduction, 2. Chapter 2. Safety net reactions to crises, 2.1. Monetary response, 2.2. Prudential response, 2.2.1. Regulatory measures, 2.2.2. Lessons learned? Impact of regulatory and institutional overhaul, 2.2.3. First experiences with macroprudential policy in the EU, 2.3. In the eye of the storm - crises and banking sector financial standing, 2.3.1. Pre- and post-crisis trends in the European banking sector condition, 2.3.2. Determinants of bank soundness during crises, 3. Chapter 3. Fiscal policy reaction to crises, 3.1. Policy response – towards strengthening European integration, 3.1.1. EU emergency and recovery initiatives, 3.1.2. Tailoring the state aid framework, 3.1.3. Strengthening the fiscal framework, 3.1.4. Financial assistance facilities, 3.2. Support measures for the financial system – case studies, 3.2.1. Ireland, 3.2.2. Greece, 3.2.3. Cyprus, 3.3. Support measures for the real economy – case studies, 3.3.1. Germany, 3.3.2. Poland, 3.4. Balancing fiscal and financial stability, 4. Chapter 4. Financial markets in crises, 4.1. Origin of asset pricing – who drives the market in a crisis?, 4.2. Financial markets in crisis – a victim or a culprit?, 4.3. Emerging markets asymmetry – how contagion works?, 4.4. Case studies for foreign exchange, interest rate, liquidity and equities, 5. Chapter 5. The interplay between the financial sphere and the real sphere, 5.1. Finance and growth nexus – state of play, 5.2. Tail wagging the dog?, 5.3. Financial and real spheres in Western and Eastern Europe , 5.3.1. Financial and real spheres in Europe, 5.3.2 Data and methodology, 5.3.3 Results and discussion. Tail (finance) wagging the dog? 6. Chapter 6. Challenges ahead