Bank Funding, Financial Instruments and Decision-Making in the Banking Industry

1) Does earnings management affect banks' cost of funding? An empirical investigation across an European sample; Federico Beltrame, Daniele Previtali and Alex Sclip.- 2) Volatility linkages and Co-movements between international stocks and the Sukuk market; Alberto Dreassi, Stefano Miani, Andrea Paltrinieri and Alex Sclip.- 3) Bank-specific, macroeconomic or structural variables: which explains bank enterprise lending? The evidence from transition countries; Ewa Miklaszewska and Krzysztof Kil.- 4) Bank-specific, macroeconomic or structural variables: which explains bank enterprise lending? The evidence from transition countries; Santiago Carbó-Valverde, Pedro J. Cuadros-Solas and Francisco Rodríguez-Fernández.- 5) New Financing Instruments to Bridge the Funding Gap: The Lesson from Italy; Elisa Giaretta and Giusy Chesini.- 6) Microfinance Impact Investments: How Far Are They from OECD Social Impact Investment Definition; Mario La Torre and Helen Chiappini.- 7) Intellectual Capital Disclosure and IPO Results: Is it a Matter of Classification?; Christiana Cardi, Camilla Mazzoli and Sabrina Severini.- 8) The Drivers of Dividend Policies in Europe; Giusy Chesini and Elisa Giaretta.- 9) Long-Range Financial Decision-Making: The Role of Episodic Prospection; Gianni Brighetti, Caterina Lucarelli, Nicoletta Marinelli and Giulia Giansiracusa.