Bank and Firm Decision Challenges and Risks in a Negative Interest Rates Environment

Dear Colleagues,

The financial crisis that erupted in 2007/2008 was foremost a banking crisis. This crisis placed large fiscal burdens on governments, with the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the ECB, and other central banks committing huge amounts of funds at varying times to support their banking systems. This was especially the case in the euro area, where bank failures led to negative feedback loops between weak banking systems and confidence in the sovereigns, calling into question the sovereigns’ solvency and making the use of counter-cyclical fiscal policy very difficult.

This Special Issue will publish papers in various areas related to bank portfolio management choices and firm funding decision challenges and risks in a negative interest rates environment. Possible topics for the proposed Special Issue that could be addressed include the following: (1) the impact of negative interest rates on banks’ profitability and risk-taking; (2) cost and benefits of bank transparency; (3) interbank linkages and bank instability; (3) factors affecting bank profitability in a negative interest rates environment; and (4) institutional change and the regulatory framework in the era of negative interest rates. Papers with rigorous empirical research methods and practical applications in the EU, US, and other areas’ banking sectors are most welcome.

Prof. Dr. Georgios P. Kouretas
Assis. Prof. Dr. Maria-Eleni K. Agoraki
Guest Editors

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