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List of main legal instruments and sources |
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List of abbreviations and acronyms |
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Preface |
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Introduction |
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1 The sovereign--banks nexus: An economic analysis |
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1.2 Brief historical overview |
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1.3 Why do banks bold domestic sovereign debt? |
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1.3.1 Discrimination and selective defaults |
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1.3.2 Pro-cyclicality of sovereign debt |
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1.3.3 Moral suasion and financial repression |
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1.3.4 Sovereign debt's preferential regulatory treatment and use as collateral |
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16 | (5) |
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1.4 The sovereign--banks nexus |
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1.4.1 From sovereigns to banks |
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1.4.2 From banks to sovereigns |
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1.4.3 From banks to other banks and to other financial institutions |
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1.4.4 From banks to the real economy (and vice versa) |
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1.4.5 From the real economy to the sovereign (and vice versa) |
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1.4.6 Particular relevance for countries in a monetary union |
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41 | (1) |
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2 Case studies from the European sovereign debt crisis |
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2.1 Effects of commercial bank crises on sovereigns |
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2.1.1 Introductory remarks |
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2.1.2 The case of Ireland |
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2.2 Effects of sovereign crises on commercial banks |
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2.2.1 Introductory remarks |
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51 | (2) |
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3 An economic analysis of policy options |
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3.2 Fiscal policy and why fiscal measures may not be sufficient |
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3.3 Closing the first channel of contagion from banks to sovereigns: Is the European Banking Union an optimal policy response? |
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3.4 Closing the second channel of contagion from sovereigns to banks |
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3.4.1 Revision of the regulatory treatment of sovereign debt holdings and its challenges |
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4 Closing the first channel of contagion from banks to sovereigns: Hitherto European actions and their critique |
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120 | (2) |
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4.2 The single supervisory mechanism: Overview of legal and operational shortcomings and concerns |
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4.2.1 Operational set-up and related concerns |
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4.2.2 Other legal concerns and open questions |
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127 | (7) |
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4.3 Bank recovery and resolution directive and the single resolution mechanism: Overview and shortcomings |
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4.3.1 From the bank recovery and resolution directive to the single resolution mechanism |
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4.3.2 Single resolution mechanism and single resolution fund |
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4.3.3 Remaining challenges in the field of resolution |
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4.4 European deposit guarantee scheme: Overview and state of play |
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140 | (3) |
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4.5 Other institutional and legal concerns thrown up by the European Banking Union |
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143 | (2) |
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4.6 Centralisation of emergency liquidity assistance provision as a means of closing the first channel of contagion? |
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4.7 Intermediate assessment: Does the European Banking Union break the first channel of contagion? |
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5 Closing the second channel of contagion from sovereigns to banks: Legal assessment of policy options |
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5.1.1 Ex Ante measures: Limits on sovereign bond holdings and for change in their favourable regulatory treatment |
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5.1.2 Other policy options |
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5.2 A credible euro-area stability support mechanism: State of the debate |
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5.2.1 The European Stability Mechanism |
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5.2.2 From the European Stability Mechanism to a European Monetary Fund? |
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5.2.2.1 Introductory remarks |
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5.2.2.2 Choice of institutional set-up: An intergovernmental European Stability Mechanism or a supranational European Monetary Fund? |
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5.2.2.3 What powers for a credible European lender of last resort? |
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5.2.2.4 Concluding remarks |
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5.3 Creation and issuance of a European safe asset: Eurobonds and other proposals |
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5.3.1 Eurobonds and other proposals |
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181 | (1) |
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5.3.1.1 Overview of proposals |
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181 | (3) |
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5.3.1.2 Legal assessment of existing proposals |
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184 | (9) |
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5.3.1.3 The European Central Bank as issuer of an alternative common safe asset? |
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193 | (2) |
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5.3.1.4 Concluding remarks |
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195 | (1) |
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5.3.2 A European Central Securities Depository for the issuance of common safe assets? |
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196 | (1) |
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5.3.2.1 Possible legal bases |
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5.3.2.2 Proportionality considerations |
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5.3.2.3 Subsidiarity considerations |
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5.3.2.4 Legal regime governing a European Central Securities Depository and the instruments issued through it |
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201 | (4) |
Concluding remarks |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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