Pandemic Crisis and Financial Stability

Abstract

Section I: The Broad Picture
1 Is the European Union going to help us overcome the COVID-19 crisis (Danny Busch)
2 COVID-19 and European banks: no time for lawyers (Wolf-Georg Ringe)
3 The COVID-19 crisis and financial regulation (Eddy Wymeersch)
4 Culutral reforms in Irish banks. Walking the walk during the COVID-19 pandemic (Blanaid
Clarke)
5 Mothballing the economy and the effects on banks (Matthias Lehmann)

Section II: Fiscal Response
6 European economic governance and the pandemic: Fiscal crisis management under a flawed
policy process (Christos Hadjiemmanuil)
7 What recovery fund for Europe? For a dedicated equity line for business, and sound fiscal
policy (Marco Lamandini, Guido Ottolenghi & David Ramos Muñoz)
8 The EU fiscal response to the COVID-19 crisis and the Banking sector: risks and opportunities
(Luis Silva Morais)

Section III: Banking Regulation
9 Global pandemic crisis and financial stability (Filippo Annunziata & Michele Siri)
10 Blancing macro- and micro-prudential powers in the SSM during the COVID-19 crisis (Bart P.
M. Joosen)
11 The application of the EU banking resolution framework amidst the pandemic crisis (Christos
V. Gortsos)
12 Lending activity in the time of coronavirus (Concetta Brescia Morra)

Section IV: Capital Markets Regulation
13 Emergency measures for equity trading: the case against short-selling bans and stock
exchange shutdowns (Luca Enriques & Marco Pagano)
14 Restrictions on Shareholder's Distribution in the COVID-19 Crisis: Insights on Corporate
Purpose (Antonella Sciarrone Alibrandi & Claudio Frigeni)

JEL Classification: G18, G21, G38, K20, K22