Selected Recent Publications

2025

• Casu, B., Kalotychou, E. & Katsoulis, P. (2025) Stress testing OTC derivatives: Clearing reforms and market frictions, Journal of Financial Stability, Volume 77.
• Ayadi, R., Bongini, P., Casu, B., & Cucinelli, D. (2025) The origin of financial instability and systemic risk: Do bank business models matter?, Journal of Financial Stability, Volume 78.
• Casu, B., Gallo, A., & Sarkisyan, A. (2025). Shadow banking and non-bank financial intermediation. Chapter 18 In A. N. Berger, P. Molyneux, & J. O. S. Wilson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Banking (4th ed.). Oxford University Press.
• Dassatti Camors, C., Lluberas, R., & Rodríguez Tous, F. (2025). Loan evergreening through banks' lenses: Evidence from credit product-level data. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (conditionally accepted).

2024

• Peydró, J.-L., Tripathy, J., Uluc, A., & Rodríguez Tous, F. (2024). Distributional consequences of borrower-based macroprudential tools. Research Handbook of Macroprudential Policy, Elgar (forthcoming).
• Gamba, A., Gong, J.Y., & Ma, K. (2024). Nondilutive CoCo Bonds: A Necessary Evil? The Review of Corporate Finance Studies. doi:10.1093/rcfs/cfae004.
• Peydró, J.-.L., Rodriguez-Tous, F., Tripathy, J. and Uluc, A. (2024). Macroprudential Policy, Mortgage Cycles, and Distributional Effects: Evidence from the United Kingdom.The Review of Financial Studies, 37(3), pp. 727–760. doi:10.1093/rfs/hhad070.
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2023

• GALLO, A. and PARK, MIN (2023). CLO (Collateralized Loan Obligation) Market and Corporate Lending. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 55(5), pp. 1077–1118. doi:10.1111/jmcb.12941.
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• GONCHAROV, I., IOANNIDOU, V. and SCHMALZ, M.C. (2023). (Why) Do Central Banks Care about Their Profits? The Journal of Finance, 78(5), pp. 2991–3045. doi:10.1111/jofi.13257.
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• GONCHAROV, I., IOANNIDOU, V. and SCHMALZ, M.C. (2023). (Why) Do Central Banks Care about Their Profits? The Journal of Finance, 78(5), pp. 2991–3045. doi:10.1111/jofi.13257.
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2022

• Bracci, A., Nadini, M., Aliapoulios, M., McCoy, D., Gray, I., Teytelboym, A. … Baronchelli, A. (2022). Vaccines and more: The response of Dark Web marketplaces to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE, 17(11). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0275288.
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• Ioannidou, V., Pavanini, N. and Peng, Y. (2022). Collateral and asymmetric information in lending markets. Journal of Financial Economics, 144(1), pp. 93–121. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.12.010.
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• Casu, B., Chiaramonte, L., Croci, E. and Filomeni, S. (2022). Access to Credit in a Market Downturn. Journal of Financial Services Research. doi:10.1007/s10693-022-00388-x.
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2021

• Arnaboldi, F., Casu, B., Gallo, A., Kalotychou, E. and Sarkisyan, A. (2021). Gender diversity and bank misconduct. Journal of Corporate Finance, 71, pp. 101834–101834. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101834.
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• Bracci, A., Nadini, M., Aliapoulios, M., McCoy, D., Gray, I., Teytelboym, A. … Baronchelli, A. (2021). Dark Web Marketplaces and COVID-19: before the vaccine. EPJ Data Science, 10(1). doi:10.1140/epjds/s13688-021-00259-w.
• Carletti, E., De Marco, F., Ioannidou, V. and Sette, E. (2021). Banks as patient lenders: Evidence from a tax reform. Journal of Financial Economics. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2020.07.021.
• Arnaboldi, F., Casu, B., Gallo, A., Kalotychou, E. and Sarkisyan, A. (2021). Gender diversity and bank misconduct. Journal of Corporate Finance, 71, pp. 101834–101834. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101834.
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• Ayadi, R., Bongini, P., Casu, B. and Cucinelli, D. (2021). Bank Business Model Migrations in Europe: Determinants and Effects. British Journal of Management, 32(4), pp. 1007–1026. doi:10.1111/1467-8551.12437.
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• Berinato, S. and Casu, B. (2021). Banks with More Women on Their Boards Commit Less Fraud. HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, 99(3), pp. 32–33.

2020

• Lucchini, L., Alessandretti, L., Lepri, B., Gallo, A. and Baronchelli, A. (2020). From code to market: Network of developers and correlated returns of cryptocurrencies. Science Advances, 6(51). doi:10.1126/sciadv.abd2204.
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• Degryse, H., Ioannidou, V., Liberti, J.M. and Sturgess, J. (2020). How Do Laws and Institutions Affect Recovery Rates for Collateral? The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 9(1), pp. 1–43. doi:10.1093/rcfs/cfz011.
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• Li, J., Li, J., Zhu, X., Yao, Y. and Casu, B. (2020). Risk spillovers between FinTech and traditional financial institutions: Evidence from the U.S. International Review of Financial Analysis, 71, pp. 101544–101544. doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101544.
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• Casu, B., Arnaboldi, F., Kalotychou, E. and Sarkisyan, A. (2020). The performance effects of board heterogeneity: What works for EU banks? European Journal of Finance, 26(10), pp. 897–924. doi:10.1080/1351847X.2018.1479719.
• Arnaboldi, F., Casu, B., Kalotychou, E. and Sarkisyan, A. (2020). Board diversity reforms: Do they matter for EU bank performance? European Financial Management, 26(2), pp. 416–454. doi:10.1111/eufm.12238.
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2019

• Beck, T., Ongena, S. and Şendeniz-Yüncü, İ. (2019). Keep walking? Geographical proximity, religion, and relationship banking. Journal of Corporate Finance, 55,pp. 49-68.

2018

• Beck, T., Ioannidou, V. and Schäfer, L. (2018). Foreigners vs. Natives: Bank lending technologies and loan pricing. Management Science, 64(8), pp. 3792–3820.
• Beck, T., Pamuk, H., Ramrattan, R. and Uras, B.R. (2018). Payment instruments, finance and development. Journal of Development Economics, 133, pp. 162–186.
• Beck, T., Behr, P. and Madestam, A. (2018). Sex and credit: Do gender interactions matter for credit market outcomes?. Journal of Banking and Finance, 87, pp. 380–396.
• Beck, T., Degryse, H., De Haas, R. and van Horen, N. (2018). When arm's length is too far: Relationship banking over the credit cycle.Journal of Financial Economics, 127(1), pp. 174–196.
• Beck, T., Homanen, M. and R. Uras, B. (2018). Finance and Demand for Skill: Evidence from Uganda.Journal of Development Studies, pp.1-18
• Casu, B., Arnaboldi, F., Kalotychou, E. and Sarkisyan, A. (2018). The performance effects of board heterogeneity: What works for EU banks?. European Journal of Finance, pp. 1-28
• Casu, B., di Pietro, F. and Trujillo-Ponce, A. (2018). Liquidity Creation and Bank Capital.Journal of Financial Services Research, pp.1-34

2017

• Beck, T. and Casu, B. (2017). European banking: An overview. The Palgrave Handbook of European Banking, pp. 3–24
• Beck, T. and Behr, P. (2017).Individual versus Village Lending: Evidence from Montenegro.Review of Development Economics, 21(4), e67-e87
• Beck, T., Pamuk, H. and Uras, B.R. (2017). Entrepreneurial Saving Practices and Reinvestment: Theory and Evidence. Review of Development Economics, 21(4), pp. 1205–1228.
• Battaglia, F. and Gallo, A. (2017). Strong boards, ownership concentration and EU banks’ systemic risk-taking: Evidence from the financial crisis.Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 46, pp. 128–146.
• Casu, B., Deng, B. and Ferrari, A. (2017). Post-crisis regulatory reforms and bank performance: lessons from Asia.European Journal of Finance, 23(15), pp. 1544–1571.
• Chiaramonte, L. and Casu, B. (2017). Capital and liquidity ratios and financial distress. Evidence from the European banking industry.British Accounting Review, 49(2), pp. 138–161.
• Curcio, D., De Simone, A. and Gallo, A. (2017). Financial crisis and international supervision: New evidence on the discretionary use of loan loss provisions at Euro Area commercial banks.British Accounting Review, 49(2), pp. 181–193.
• D'Amato, A. and Gallo, A. (2017). Does Bank Institutional Setting Affect Board Effectiveness? Evidence from Cooperative and Joint-Stock Banks. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 25(2), pp. 78–99.

2016

• Abbassi P., R. Iyer, J.-L. Peydró, and Tous, F. R.(2016), ‘Securities trading by banks and credit supply: Micro-evidence from the crisis’. Journal of Financial Economics, 121(3), 569–594.
• Ayadi, R., Naceur, S.B., Casu, B. and Quinn, B. (2016). Does Basel compliance matter for bank performance?. Journal of Financial Stability, 23, pp. 15–32.
• Ballester, L., Casu, B. and González-Urteaga, A. (2016). Bank fragility and contagion: Evidence from the bank CDS market.Journal of Empirical Finance, 38, pp. 394–416. d
• Beck, T., Chen, T., Lin, C. and Song, F.M. (2016). Financial innovation: The bright and the dark sides. Journal of Banking and Finance, 72, pp. 28–51.
• Beck, T. and Wagner, W. (2016). Supranational supervision: How much and for whom?.International Journal of Central Banking, 12(2), pp. 221–268.
• Beck, T. (2016). Regulatory Cooperation on Cross-Border Banking – Progress and Challenges After the Crisis. National Institute Economic Review, 235(1), R40-R49.
• Beck, T.(2016). Safeguarding the euro – Balancing market discipline with certainty. Geneva Reports on the World Economy, 2016-February, pp. 100–107.
• Casu, B., Dontis-Charitos, P., Staikouras, S. and Williams, J. (2016). Diversification, Size and Risk: The Case of Bank Acquisitions of Nonbank Financial Firms.European Financial Management, 22(2), pp. 235–275.
• Casu, B., Ferrari, A., Girardone C., Wilson, J.O.S. (2016). Integration, productivity and technological spillovers: Evidence for Eurozone banking industries. European Journal of Operational Research, 255(3), 971–983.

2015

• Albuquerque R., and Schroth, E. (2015). The Value of Control and the Costs of Illiquidity. Journal of Finance, 70(4), 1405-1455.
• Beck, T., Brown, M. (2015). Foreign bank ownership and household credit. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 24(4), 466-486.
• Simintzi, E., Vig, V., Volpin, P. (2015). Labor Protection and Leverage.Review of Financial Studies, 28(2), 561-591.

2014

• Beck, T., Lin, C., and Ma, Y. (2014). Why Do Firms Evade Taxes? The Role of Credit Information Sharing and Banking Sector Outreach. Journal of Finance, 69, 763-817.
• Bruche M., Llobet, G. (2014). Preventing Zombie Lending. Review of Financial Studies, 27(3), 923-956.
• Schroth E., Suarez, G. and Taylor, L. (2014). Dynamic debt runs and financial fragility: Evidence from the 2007 ABCP crisis, Journal of Financial Economics, 112(2), 164-189.