Frontier Topics in Banking

1. Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: the Role of Financial Studies.- 2. Risk and Pricing on the Italian Minibond Market.- 3. Exploring Factors Influencing the Success of Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns: Findings from Italy.- 4. From seeker side to investor side: gender dynamics in UK equity crowdfunding investments.- 5. Financial Inclusion: Trends and Determinants.- 6. Framing, Overconfidence and Regret in Italian Mortgage Banking Litigations.- 7. "Share This Pic!": a Picture of the Adoption of Online Social Media by Italian Banks.- 8. Central Banks' Commitment to Stakeholders: CSR in the Eurosystem: 2006-2016.- 9. Bank's asset quality review using debt service coverage ratio: An empirical investigation across European firms.- 10. Credit Risk Disclosure Practices in the Annual Financial Reporting of Large Italian Banks.- 11. The Impact of Recent Regulatory Reforms on Cross-Border Banking: a Study of the Nordic Markets.- 12. The effectiveness of the Belt and Road Initiative in Tackling China's Economic Slowdown and its Financial Implications within a Policy Trilemma Context.

Elisabetta Gualandri, MA in Financial Economics at the University College of North Wales, is a Full Professor of Banking and Finance in the Marco Biagi Department of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, where she is a member of the Center for Studies in Banking and Finance (CEFIN). She is also the Director of the European Association of University Teachers of Banking and Finance - Wolpertinger.

Valeria Venturelli is an Associate Professor of Banking and Finance in the Marco Biagi Department of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, where she teaches Financial Markets and Institutions at both undergraduate and graduate level. She graduated in Economics from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and received a PhD in Financial Markets and Institutions from the Catholic University of Milan, Italy.

Alex Sclip is a Post-doc researcher in the Marco Biagi Department of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. He earned his PhD in Banking and Finance at the University of Udine, Italy. His research interests are focused on risk management in banking and insurance companies, bank capital structure and financial regulation.