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Banking in Europe

The Quest for Profitability after the Great Financial Crisis

  • Explicitly devoted to the theme of bank profitability
  • Focuses on bank strategy, bank business models and financial innovation
  • Provides an overview of managerial and strategic practices useful to redesign the competitive set-up of a bank in the future

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Bank Management After the Great Crisis

    • Mariarosa Borroni, Simone Rossi
    Pages 1-22
  3. Bank Profitability: Measures and Determinants

    • Mariarosa Borroni, Simone Rossi
    Pages 23-53
  4. Profitability of European Banks: A Quantitative Analysis

    • Mariarosa Borroni, Simone Rossi
    Pages 55-82
  5. Making Profits in the New Competitive and Regulatory Framework

    • Mariarosa Borroni, Simone Rossi
    Pages 83-105
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 107-118

About this book

This Palgrave Pivot provides a comprehensive overview of the dynamics that are affecting the profitability of European banks since the recent crisis period. More specifically, it sheds light on the most crucial changes in profit generation and on the consequential changes in banking strategies due to fiercer competition, reduced margin and changing regulation. The work is divided in four main parts. The first section introduces the changes in bank management policies, considering the periods before and since the crisis. In the second section, the authors review the literature on bank profitability and outline the main determinants of profit generation, and in the third section they provide a cross-country analysis of profitability for a wide sample of European banks during the great financial crisis. In the last section, the authors discuss the results of the quantitative analysis under the new regulatory and competitive framework that is progressively affecting the banking sector (fintech, Basel regulations, etc.). This book will be of interest to academics, researchers and students of European banking.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy

    Mariarosa Borroni, Simone Rossi

About the authors

Mariarosa Borroni is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University, Italy, where she serves as a professor of Banking and Financial Intermediaries. Her research interests are in the areas of banking management and banking regulation.

Simone Rossi is an Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of Piacenza, Italy, where he serves as a professor of Banking and Financial Markets Economics and Asset Management. His research interests are in the areas of banking management, banking regulation and financial instruments.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Banking in Europe

  • Book Subtitle: The Quest for Profitability after the Great Financial Crisis

  • Authors: Mariarosa Borroni, Simone Rossi

  • Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15013-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15012-9Published: 18 April 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15013-6Published: 09 April 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2523-336X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2523-3378

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 118

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Banking, Risk Management

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eBook USD 39.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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