1. Introduction / Myriam-Olalla and Judith Clifton
PART I. REGULATION
2. The impact of recent regulatory reform on the use of supply chain finance : the case of reverse factoring / Viktor Elliot and Ted Lindblom
3. The bank resolution framework in the European Union : preliminary evidence from specialized and regional banks / Ewa Miklaszewska and Jan Pys
4. Market risk disclosure in banks' balance sheets and the Pillar 3 report : the case of Italian banks / Enzo Scannella
5. Central banks' communication strategies : just words? / Vincenzo Farino, Giuseppe Galloppo, and Daniele A. Previati
6. Complaining in consumer credit : evidence from the Italian financial system / S. Cosma, F. Pancotto, and P. Vezzani
PART II. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND PERFORMANCE
7. Bank boards in Europe : trade-offs in size, composition, and turnover / Eleuterio Vallelado and Myriam García-Olalla
8. The impact of internal corporate governance mechanisms on corporate social performance in the banking industry / José L. Fernández Sánchez, María D. Odriozola, and Manuel Luna
9. Bank ownership and firm-level performance : an empirical assessment of state-owned development banks / Marco Frigerio and Daniela Vandone
10. Non-financial rating and socially responsible investment reaction to financial turmoil / Helen Chiappini and Gianfranco A. Vento
11. What determines interest margins? : the case of Chinese banks / Ming Qi and Jiawei Zhang
PART III. FIRM FINANCING AND VALUATION
12. How to banks and investment funds affect family risk-taking? : evidence from the financial crisis / David Blanco-Alcántara, Jorge B. Farinha, Mauricio Jara-Bertín, Óscar López-de-Foronda, and Marcos Santamaría-Mariscal
13. Does bank regulation spill over to firm financing? : SME financing, bank monitoring, and the efficiency of the bank lending channel / Viktor Elliot and Magnus Willesson
14. Earn-outs in debt restructuring plans : economics and valuation / Josanco Floreani Maurizio Polato, and Maurizio Massaro
15. Book and market values of Europeans banks : country, size, and business mix effects / Riccardo Ferretti, Andrea Landi, and valeria Venturelli
PART IV. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
16. Assessing and measuring banking culture / Beatriz Fernández Muñiz, José Manuel Montes Peón, and Camilo José Vázquez Ordás
17. A multidimensional approach to equity crowdfunding : bridging the equity gap and boosting social capital / Bernardo Balboni, Elisabetta Gualandri, Ulpiana Kocollari, Alessia Pedrazzoli, and Valeria Venturelli
18. Structure and risks of the Chinese shadow banking system : the next challenge for the global economy? / Piotr Łasak
19. Analysis of the main trends in European and US banks and their impact on performance / Giusy Ghesini and Elisa Giaretta.