Have European banks actually changed since the start of the crisis? An updated assessment of their main structural characteristics

Please note: Each In-Depth Analysis is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This paper documents trends in key bank variables over the 2003-2016 period for the set of banks that the ECB directly supervises as of 1 January 2017. A range of variables is considered that together indicate to what extent banks have been moving in the direction of better performance and greater stability. The authors examine variables related to bank profitability, activity mix, size, balance sheet composition, and loan impairment. The identified trends provide a mixed picture of whether banks have been moving in the right direction since the start of the crisis.

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, July 2017: Have European banks actually changed since the start of the crisis? An updated assessment of their main structural characteristics http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2017/602097/IPOL_IDA(2017)602097_EN.pdf

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