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The recent financial crisis demonstrated the crucial importance of corporate governance for the safety and stability of financial systems. The introduction of very complex and sophisticated prudential rules — Basel II above all — in the years before the crisis was unable to prevent the fact that banks could assume a volume of risks that they were incapable of managing in conditions of stability.
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Vento, G.A., La Ganga, P. (2014). Corporate Governance of Banks and Financial Crisis: Can the Post-crisis Rules Make Banks Safer?. In: Lindblom, T., Sjögren, S., Willesson, M. (eds) Governance, Regulation and Bank Stability. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137413543_4
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