Lending, Investments and the Financial Crisis

1. How Difficult Is It to Raise Money in Turbulent Times?
Paola Bongini, Arturo Patarnello, Matteo Pelagatti, Monica Rossolini

2. The ‘Wisdom of the Crowd’ as an Antidote to the Credit Crunch: A Preliminary Analysis of Crowdfunding
Daniele Previati, Giuseppe Galloppo, Andrea Salustri

3. Financing Firms’ Networks: The Italian Case
Elisa Giaretta, Giusy Chesini

4. The Role of Loan Dynamics and Structure for CEE Economic Growth
Ewa Miklaszewska, Katarzyna Mikołajczyk

5. China’s Shadow Banking System and Its Lurking Credit Crunch: Causes and Policy Options
René W. H. Linden

6. An Index of Bank Liquidity Creation: An Application to the Banking Systems of the Eurozone and the Liquidity Policy of the ECB during the Euro Crisis
Pierluigi Morelli, Giovanni B. Pittaluga, Elena Seghezza

7. The Performance of Listed European Innovative Firms
Luisa Anderloni, Alessandra Tanda

8. Investment Strategies of Institutional Investors: An International Comparison of Sovereign Pension and Social Security Reserve Funds
Alberto Dreassi, Stefano Miani, Andrea Paltrinieri

Nyckelord: Finance, Banking, Investments and Securities, Capital Markets, Economics, general