The Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) considerably strengthens the quantity and quality of the minimum capital that banks in Europe are required to hold. The present study assesses whether increased minimum capital requirements, through observed changes in banks’ regulatory capital ratios, i...
Remittances represent an important tool for economic growth and poverty alleviation by ensuring a flow of financial resources from migrants and diasporas to households and communities in origin countries. Remittances can potentially be particularly significant as a connection between diasporas a...
The drafting of this Programming document takes place in an unprecedented context. The European Union, along with the rest of the world, has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with millions of cases reported in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK), and more ...