The Restructuring of Banks and Financial Systems in the Euro Area and the Financing of SMEs

1. Introduction
Franco Fiordelisi, Filippo L. Calciano, Giovanni Scarano

2. Regulating Core and Non-Core Banking Activities. The Unanswered Question◊
Giampaolo Gabbi, Andrea Sironi

3. The Banking Regulatory Bubble and How to Get out of It
Giovanni Ferri, Doris Neuberger

4. Fifteen Years of Single Monetary Policy in the Euro Area: A Bird’s Eye View, Effects on Italian Banks During the Crisis, and Lessons to Draw
Vincenzo Chiorazzo, Pierluigi Morelli

5. Learning on the Road towards the Banking Union
Franco Bruni

6. The Economic Impact of EU Competitiveness Programs on Italian SMEs
Stefano Marzioni, Luciano Monti, Alessandro Pandimiglio, Marco Spallone

7. Regulatory Impacts from the Financial Crisis on German Banks
Michaela Hönig

8. Corporate Savings and the 2007–2009 Financial Crisis: A Warning for the European Banking Union
Giovanni Scarano

SECTION II. New Tools for the Financing of SMEs

9. The European Central Bank and the Financing Conditions of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Europe
Ansgar Belke, Florian Verheyen

10. After the Credit Crunch: Long-Term Finance for Economic Growth
Angelo S. Baglioni, Andrea Monticini, Giacomo Vaciago

11. New Finance for Italian Firms. Issues of Mini-Bonds and SME Entering the Stock Exchange are the Most Promising Novelties
Ciro Rapacciuolo

Nyckelord: Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Economic Growth, Finance, general, Small Business, Banking