Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 21 Feb 2025 - 22 Apr 2025
Rank Paper Downloads
1.

Regulatory Clarity and XRP: The Path to Global Institutional Stablecoin Adoption

Marquette University
340
2.

The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin as Legal Tender: An Analysis of El Salvador's Experiment

Marquette University
143
3.

Macroprudential Policies and their Impact on Bank Earnings Management

Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Newcastle University Business School, University of Zurich - Department Finance and University of Queensland
108
4.

Out of the Light, Into the Dark: How 'Shadow Carbon Financing' Hampers the Green Transition and Increases Climate-related Systemic Risk

University of Witten/Herdecke - Institute of Economics and Business Administration, Witten/Herdecke University, University of Witten/Herdecke, Copenhagen Business School, University of Witten/Herdecke - Institute of Economics and Business Administration, University of Witten/Herdecke - Institute of Economics and Business Administration, University of Witten/Herdecke - Institute of Economics and Business Administration and University of Witten/Herdecke - Institute of Economics and Business Administration
102
5.

Skilled Banker Mobility and Bank Default

University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Zurich - Department Finance
86
6.

Small is Beautiful, … and Efficient. On the Efficiency Premium of U.S. Community Banks

University of Zurich - Department Finance, University of Surrey - Surrey Business School and University of Sussex Business School
68
7.

Zero-Knowledge Proofs: Cryptographic Model for Financial Compliance and Global Banking Security

Independent
68
8.

Proof Without Exposure: Zero-Knowledge Proofs as a Cryptographic Framework for Institutional Financial Compliance

Independent
32
9.

Greenhouse Gas Exposure, Banking Stability, and Financial Development: How Could Global Economy Achieve Climate Resilience?

Massey University and Independent
31
10.

Bank Bond Holdings and Bail-in Regulatory Changes: Evidence from Euro Area Security Registers

European Central Bank (ECB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Zurich - Department Finance and KU Leuven, Department Accounting, Finance and Insurance
27

All Time Top Papers

As of: 02 Jan 1997 - 22 Apr 2025
Rank Paper Downloads
1.

FinTech, RegTech and the Reconceptualization of Financial Regulation

The University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - UNSW Law & Justice
18,313
2.

The API Economy and Digital Transformation in Financial Services: The Case of Open Banking

Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester and Said Business School, University of Oxford
13,099
3.

Bagehot was a Shadow Banker: Shadow Banking, Central Banking, and the Future of Global Finance

Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Credit SuisseShadow Banking Colloquium (INET), Credit Suisse and Bard College at Simon's Rock
8,252
4.

Green Banking Practices – A Review

Bharati Vidyapeeth University - Institute of Management, Bharati Vidyapeeth University - Institute of Management and K R Mangalam - Institute of Higher Education
7,413
5.

The Impact of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Adoption on the Quality of Financial Statements of Banks in Nigeria.

Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti and Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti - Department of Accountancy
5,020
6.

The Roles of Agent Banks in Syndicated Loans Transactions: A Critical Analysis

Equity Law and Business Research Consult and Equity Law and Business Research Consult
3,999
7.

Causes and Consequences of the 2023 Banking Crisis

Researcher
3,434
8.

Alternative Distributed Ledger Technologies Blockchain vs. Tangle vs. Hashgraph - A High-Level Overview and Comparison

Haute école de gestion (HEG) de Fribourg
3,337
9.

The Fintech Revolution: A Threat to Global Banking?

World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
2,986
10.

Islamic Banking in the UK: Challenges and Opportunities

affiliation not provided to SSRN
2,781