Special Papers
The Emergence of Cross-Border Insurance Groups within Europe with Centralised Risk Management
This paper analyses the degree of internationalisation of insurance business. Using a novel dataset of 25 large EU insurance groups, we find that the...
SP 176
Prompt Corrective Action & Cross-Border Supervisory Issues in Europe
This Special Paper is a collection of the contributions to the one day conference on Prompt Corrective Action & Cross Border Supervisory Issues In...
SP 171
Whatever became of the Monetary Aggregates?
Peston Lecture in honour of Maurice, Lord Peston, delivered at Queen Mary College, London, on 28th February 2007.
SP 172
Did NASDAQ market makers successfully collude to increase spreads? A re-examination of evidence from stocks that moved from NASDAQ to the New York or American Stock Exchanges
This paper examines all movements of stock from NASDAQ to the NYSE or Amex from 1983 through 1997 (1044 observations), as did Barclay (1997) for 472...
SP 170
Precondition for a Successful Implementation of Supervisors' Prompt Corrective Action: Is There a Case for a Banking Standard in the EU?
Over the past years, several countries around the world have adopted a system of prudential prompt corrective action (PCA). The European Union...
SP 165