Financial Systems, Markets and Institutional Changes

1. Institutional Change and the Design of Financial Systems; Ted Lindblom, Stefan Sjögren and Magnus Willesson 2. The Road to a Viable Euro Zone and the Conditions to Become a More Optimal Currency Region; René W.H. van der Linden 3. The Role of the Federal Reserve as International LOLR During the Crisis; Pierluigi Morelli, Giovanni B. Pittaluga and Elena Seghezza 4. Firm-Based and Institutional-Based Determinants of the Bank Debt Maturity; Eleuterio Vallelado, Paolo Saona and Pablo San Martín 5. The Financing of Italian Firms and the Credit Crunch; Elisabetta Gualandri and Valeria Venturelli 6. Analysis of the Earnings of Italian Asset Management Companies and Their Portfolio Companies in the Field of Private Equity; Elisa Giaretta and Giusy Chesini 7. Does 'Political Bias' Undermine the Korea Investment Corporation?; Andrea Paltrinieri, Flavio Pichler and Stefano Miani 8. Regulating High-Frequency Trading; Giusy Chesini and Elisa Giaretta 9. Islamic and Conventional Exchanges; Josanco Floreani, Andrea Paltrinieri, Maurizio Polato and Flavio Pichler