The last two decades—roughly speaking, the period since the Asian financial crisis—have
seen a transparency revolution in central banking. The days when an official could say that …

We develop a comprehensive index of the transparency of central banks regarding their
policy framework to safeguard financial stability for 110 countries from 2000 to 2011 and …

This book provides the first in-depth empirical study of the European Parliament's powers of
scrutiny of the executive in the European Union (EU) political system, focusing on the …

The papers of this special issue investigate the persistent challenges to European Banking
Union and explore the tensions between broader financial stability objectives and national …

Recent events in international finance illustrate the close connection between the viability of
a country's major private financial institutions and the sustainability of its sovereign debt. We …

We investigate the effects of the announcement and the disclosure of the clarification,
methodology, and outcomes of the US banking stress tests on banks' equity prices, credit …

Regulatory capture is generally considered to be a principal cause for shortcomings in
financial sector regulation and supervision. Little is known, however, about the mechanisms …

Does banking union exacerbate the European Union's democratic deficit? Using Scharpf's
'input'and 'output'legitimacy concepts, it is argued in this article that its design does worsen …

This research endeavour aims to investigate the underlying mechanisms of trust in artificial
intelligence (AI), particularly within the context of its impact on the financial self-efficacy of …

After over a decade of crisis, the ECB's functions have expanded considerably, which in turn
altered its relationship with other institutions. In particular, when the ECB assumed the role …