<p>Part I Genesis and evolution of the global financial crisis: The crisis of international finance, the Eurozone and economic growth by Otto Hieronymi.-The European Twin Sovereign Debt and Banking Crises by Beniamino Moro.-Part II Bank opportunistic behaviour and structural reforms: Moral-hazard conduct in the European banks during the first wave of the present financial crisis by Paolo Mattana and Stefania P. S. Rossi.- Agency Problems in Banking: Types of and Incentives for Risk Shifting by Miguel A. Duran and Ana Lozano-Vivas.- Structural Reform, Too-Big-To Fail and Banks as Public Utilities in Europe by Philip Molyneux.- Part III Bank regulation, credit access and bank performance: Did Basel II affect credit growth to corporate borrowers during the crisis? by Danilo V. Mascia, Kevin Keasey and Francesco Vallascas.- Bank profitability and capital adequacy in the post-crisis context by Marina Brogi and Rosaria Langone.- Bank credit access and gender discrimination: Some stylized factsby Emma Galli and Stefania P. S. Rossi.- When do individual bank executives matter for bank performance? by Duc Duy Nguyen, Jens Hagendorff and Arman Eshraghi.- Part IV Credit crunch: regional issues: Bottlenecks of the financial system at national and regional level: the case of Italy and Sardinia by Roberto Malavasi.- The potential evolution of the supply of credit to the productive chain: a focus on Italy and the regional Sardinian economy by Martino Lo Cascio and Mauro Aliano.- Direct Access to the Debt Capital Market by Unlisted Companies in Italy. Effects of Changes in Civil Law: an Empirical Investigation by Giuseppe Riccio.- Did Basel II affect credit growth to corporate borrowers during the crisis? by Danilo V. Mascia, Kevin Keasey and Francesco Vallascas.- Bank profitability and capital adequacy in the post-crisis context by Marina Brogi and Rosaria Langone.- Bank credit access and gender discrimination: Some stylized facts by Emma Galli and Stefania P. S. Rossi.</p><p> </p><p>When do individual bank executives matter for bank performance?</p><p>Duc Duy Nguyen, Jens Hagendorff and Arman Eshraghi</p><p> </p><p>Part IV Credit crunch: regional issues</p><p> </p><p>Bottlenecks of the financial system at national and regional level: the case of Italy and Sardinia</p><p>Roberto Malavasi</p><p> </p><p>The potential evolution of the supply of credit to the productive chain: a focus on Italy and the regional Sardinian economy</p><p>Martino Lo Cascio and Mauro Aliano</p><p> </p><p>Direct Access to the Debt Capital Market by Unlisted Companies in Italy. Effects of Changes in Civil Law: an Empirical Investigation</p><p>Giuseppe Riccio</p>
