Barbara Casu

City University London - The Business School

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London, EC1Y 8TZ

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Financial Stability Amidst the Pandemic Crisis: On Top of the Wave

Number of pages: 621 Posted: 20 Jul 2021
Christos Gortsos, Wolf-Georg Ringe, Filippo Annunziata, Filippo Annunziata, Emilios Avgouleas, Rym Ayadi, Rym Ayadi, Marco Bodellini, Carlos Bosque, Concetta Brescia Morra, Danny Busch, Barbara Casu, Blanaid J. Clarke, Luca Enriques, Giovanni Ferri, Claudio Frigeni, Willem De Groen, Seraina N. Grunewald, Rainer F. H. Haselmann, Bart Joosen, Marco Lamandini, Matthias Lehmann, Luis Silva Morais, David Ramos Muñoz, Marco Pagano, Juana Pulgar Ezquerra, Antonella Sciarrone Alibrandi, Ignacio Signes de Mesa, Michele Siri, Tobias H. Troeger and Charles Wyplosz
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics, Bocconi University - Department of Law, University of Edinburgh - School of Law, HEC MontrealHEC Montreal, University of Luxembourg, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, University Rome III, Department of Law, Radboud University Nijmegen - Institute for Financial Law (IFR), City University London - The Business School, Trinity College Dublin - School of Law, University of Oxford Faculty of Law, LUMSA University, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Radboud University Nijmegen, Goethe University Frankfurt - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Leiden University, University of Bologna - Department of Business Law, University of Vienna, University of Lisbon - School of Law. Jean Monnet Chair – Economic Regulation in the EU, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Università Cattolica, Court of Justice of the European Union, University of Genoa - Law Department, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE and University of Geneva - Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI)
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COVID-19, banking regulation, financial stability, European Union

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Efficiency and Stock Performance in European Banking

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Apr 2003
Elena Beccalli, Barbara Casu and Claudia Girardone
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan - Institute of Economy and Finance, City University London - The Business School and Essex Business School - University of Essex
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Efficiency, Market performance, DEA, SFA, European Banking

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Bank Competition, Concentration and Efficiency in the Single European Market

Essex Finance Centre Discussion Paper No. 05/02
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Nov 2006
Barbara Casu and Claudia Girardone
City University London - The Business School and Essex Business School - University of Essex
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Competition, Concentration, Efficiency, Profitability, EU banking

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Securitization and Bank Performance

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2020
Anna Sarkisyan, Barbara Casu, Andrew Clare and Steve Thomas
University of Essex - Essex Business School, City University London - The Business School, City, University of London - Bayes Business School and City University London - The Business School
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Securitization, Bank Performance, Propensity Score Matching

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Are CDS Spreads a Good Proxy of Bank Risk? Evidence from the Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2011
Laura Chiaramonte and Barbara Casu
Università degli Studi di Verona, Facoltà di Economia, Dipartimento di Economia Aziendale and City University London - The Business School
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: credit default swaps (CDS) spreads, financial crisis, bank risk, balance sheet ratios

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Emerging Themes in Banking: Recent Literature and Directions for Future Research

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Nov 2009
John O. S. Wilson, Barbara Casu, Claudia Girardone, Philip Molyneux and Philip Molyneux
University of St. Andrews, City University London - The Business School, Essex Business School - University of Essex and University of SharjahUniversity of Sharjah - College of Business Administration
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Corporate Governance in European Banking

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Feb 2011
Francesca Arnaboldi and Barbara Casu
University of Milan and City University London - The Business School
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corporate governance, EU banking, financial integration, cultural differences

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Securitization and Bank Performance: Some Empirical Evidence on US Commercial Banks

Bancaria Special Issue No.03-2010
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 12 May 2010
Anna Sarkisyan, Barbara Casu, Andrew Clare and Steve Thomas
University of Essex - Essex Business School, City University London - The Business School, City, University of London - Bayes Business School and City University London - The Business School
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Securitization, Bank performance

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The Future of Correspondent Banking Cross Border Payments

SWIFT Institute Working Paper No. 2017-001
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 19 Oct 2018
Barbara Casu and Ruth Wandhöfer
City University London - The Business School and City University London, Sir John Cass Business School, Faculty of Finance, Students
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Banking, Correspondent Banking, gpi, SWIFT, DLT

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Does Competition Lead to Efficiency? The Case of EU Commercial Banks

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2009
Barbara Casu and Claudia Girardone
City University London - The Business School and Essex Business School - University of Essex
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Competition, Efficiency, Market Power, Granger Causality, EU Commercial Banks

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An Analysis of the Relevance of Obs Items in Explaining Productivity Change in European Banking

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 May 2004
Barbara Casu and Claudia Girardone
City University London - The Business School and Essex Business School - University of Essex
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Finance and Banking, Productivity Change, Malmquist Index, DEA

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What Drives the Efficiency of Selected Mena Banks? A Meta-Frontier Analysis

22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2009
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2010
Sami Ben Naceur, Hichem Ben-Khedhiri and Barbara Casu
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Université Paris X Nanterre and City University London - The Business School
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Efficiency, Meta-frontier, Deregulation, MENA countries

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Towards a New Model for Early Warning Signals for Systemic Financial Fragility and Near Crises: An Application to OECD Countries

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2013
Nashwa Saleh, Barbara Casu and Andrew Clare
City University London - The Business School, City University London - The Business School and City, University of London - Bayes Business School
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financial crises, financial fragility, liquidity bubbles, early warning signals, financial stability, financial regulation

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Integration, Productivity and Technological Spillovers: Evidence for Eurozone Banking Industries

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2014
Barbara Casu, Claudia Girardone, Alessandra Ferrari and John O. S. Wilson
City University London - The Business School, Essex Business School - University of Essex, University of Reading - Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and University of St. Andrews
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European Banking; Financial Integration, Convergence, Productivity Growth

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What Drives the Performance of Selected MENA Banks? A Meta-Frontier Analysis

IMF Working Paper No. 11/34
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Feb 2011
Hichem Ben-Khedhiri, Barbara Casu and Sami Ben Naceur
Université Paris X Nanterre, City University London - The Business School and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Banking sector, Cross country analysis, Economic models, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Morocco, North Africa, Tunisia

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Competition and Risk Taking Incentives in the Lending Market: An Application to Indian Banking

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Oct 2009
Tianshu Zhao, Barbara Casu and Alessandra Ferrari
University of Stirling - Department of Economics, City University London - The Business School and University of Reading - Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences
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Regulation, Competition, Risk, Product differentiation, Market discipline

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Retained Interest in Securitisations and Implications for Bank Solvency

ECB Working Paper No. 1538
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 May 2013
Anna Sarkisyan and Barbara Casu
University of Essex - Essex Business School and City University London - The Business School
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securitisation, retained interests, insolvency risk

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Regulatory Reform and Productivity Change in Indian Banking

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Oct 2009
Tianshu Zhao, Barbara Casu and Alessandra Ferrari
University of Stirling - Department of Economics, City University London - The Business School and University of Reading - Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences
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Deregulation, Productivity Change, Ownership, DEA, Malmquist Index, Stochastic Frontier Analysis

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Convergence of Bank Regulations on International Norms in the Southern Mediterranean: Impact on Bank Performance and Growth

CEPS Paperbacks
Number of pages: 159 Posted: 19 Oct 2011
Rym Ayadi, Rym Ayadi, Emrah Arbak, Sami Ben Naceur and Barbara Casu
HEC MontrealHEC Montreal, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and City University London - The Business School
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bank, banking regulations, crisis, market, financial market, economy, investment

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Does Basel Compliance Matter for Bank Performance?

IMF Working Paper No. 15/100
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Jun 2015
Rym Ayadi, Rym Ayadi, Sami Ben Naceur, Barbara Casu and Barry Quinn
HEC MontrealHEC Montreal, International Monetary Fund (IMF), City University London - The Business School and Queen's University Management School
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Banks, Basel Core Principles, Bank compliance, Bank supervision, Bank regulations, BCP, Efficiency, Regulatory Compliance, bank performance, interest, banking, capital, operating efficiency, accounting, risk

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Does Basel Compliance Matter for Bank Performance?

Journal of Financial Stability, Vol. 23, No. April, 2016
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 May 2016
Rym Ayadi, Rym Ayadi, Sami Ben Naceur, Barbara Casu and Barry Quinn
HEC MontrealHEC Montreal, International Monetary Fund (IMF), City University London - The Business School and Queen's University Management School
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Banks, Basel Core Principles, Bank compliance, Bank supervision, Bank regulations, BCP, Efficiency, Regulatory Compliance, bank performance, interest, banking, capital, operating efficiency, accounting, risk

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Dynamics of Bank Efficiency in the EU and Southern Mediterranean: Is There a Convergence?

MEDPRO Technical Report No. 33/March 2013
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 11 Jun 2013
Barbara Casu and Alessandra Ferrari
City University London - The Business School and University of Reading - Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences
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EU, MENA, bank efficiency, Southern Mediterranean, financial industry

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Diversification, Size and Risk: The Case of Bank Acquisitions of Nonbank Financial Firms

European Financial Management, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2016, 235–275, https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.12061
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2023
Barbara Casu, Panagiotis Dontis-Charitos, Sotiris K. Staikouras and Jonathan M. Williams
City University London - The Business School, ESCP Business School, City University - Cass Business School and Department of Finance and Accounting
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Banks, nonbank financial firms, financial conglomerates, diversification, risk decomposition, determinants of risk

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The Performance Effects of Board Heterogeneity: What Works for EU Banks?

The European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 29 Oct 2018
Francesca Arnaboldi, Barbara Casu, Elena Kalotychou and Anna Sarkisyan
University of Milan, City University London - The Business School, Cyprus University of Technology and University of Essex - Essex Business School

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corporate governance, board composition, board diversity, bank performance

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Board Diversity Reforms: Do They Matter for EU Bank Performance?

Posted: 29 Oct 2018
Francesca Arnaboldi, Barbara Casu, Elena Kalotychou and Anna Sarkisyan
University of Milan, City University London - The Business School, Cyprus University of Technology and University of Essex - Essex Business School

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Board Diversity Reforms, Corporate Governance Codes, Bank Performance

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Liquidity Creation and Bank Capital

Journal of Financial Services Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 25 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2018
Barbara Casu, Filippo di Pietro and Antonio Trujillo‐Ponce
City University London - The Business School, University of Seville and Universidad Pablo de Olavide - Department of Financial Economics & Accounting

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bank capital, liquidity creation, illiquidity, net stable funding ratio, Basel III, eurozone banking system

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Has the Risk Relevance of Securitization Changed in the Post-Crisis Period?

Posted: 23 Apr 2016
Barbara Casu and Anna Sarkisyan
City University London - The Business School and University of Essex - Essex Business School

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Securitization, retained interest, insolvency risk, banks

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Are CDS Spreads a Good Proxy of Bank Risk? Evidence from the Recent Financial Crisis

Bancaria No. 11/2012
Posted: 05 Jan 2013
Barbara Casu and Laura Chiaramonte
City University London - The Business School and Università degli Studi di Verona, Facoltà di Economia, Dipartimento di Economia Aziendale

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Credit Default Swap, balance sheet index, banks' risk exposure, financial crisis

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Does Securitization Reduce Credit Risk Taking? Empirical Evidence from US Bank Holding Companies

Posted: 06 Feb 2010
Barbara Casu, Andrew Clare, Anna Sarkisyan and Steve Thomas
City University London - The Business School, City, University of London - Bayes Business School, University of Essex - Essex Business School and City University London - The Business School

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bank, securitization, risk taking

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Integration and Efficiency in EU Banking Markets

Essex Finance Centre Discussion Paper No. 08/01
Posted: 23 Aug 2009
Barbara Casu and Claudia Girardone
City University London - The Business School and Essex Business School - University of Essex

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Efficiency, Convergence, Banking, Data Envelopment Analysis

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Financial Conglomeration: Efficiency, Productivity and Strategic Drive

Posted: 07 Jul 2004
Claudia Girardone and Barbara Casu
Essex Business School - University of Essex and City University London - The Business School

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Financial conglomerates, cost efficiency, profit efficiency, productivity, diversification strategies

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A Comparative Study of Efficiency in European Banking

Posted: 01 Dec 2003
Barbara Casu, Philip Molyneux and Philip Molyneux
City University London - The Business School and University of SharjahUniversity of Sharjah - College of Business Administration

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Efficiency, DEA, Bootstrap, European Banks