Investigates small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) access to credit
Reviews the volatility index (VIX) and Credit Default Swaps (CDS)
Explores China's monetary policy
Investigates the relationship between financial institutions and real estate firms in China

Investigates small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) access to credit Reviews the volatility index (VIX) and Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Explores China's monetary policy Investigates the relationship between financial institutions and real estate firms in China Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Giusy Chesini is Associate Professor in Banking and Finance at the University of Verona, Italy. She holds a PhD in financial markets and intermediaries from the University of Bergamo, Italy. Giusy is also the author of several papers and books related to the evolution of financial intermediation. Her research topics include financial markets, stock exchanges, banking and corporate finance.

Elisa Giaretta is a Research Fellow at the University of Verona, Italy, where she received a PhD in Business Administration and Management. She works in the 'Polo Scientifico e Didattico di Studi sull'Impresa', an academic centre focused on the analysis of Italian enterprises. Her research topics include private equity, companies' networks and bank risks.

Andrea Paltrinieri is Assistant Professor in Banking and Finance at the University of Udine, Italy. He holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Verona, Italy. Research topics include asset management and institutional investors, with a particular focus on sovereign wealth funds, Islamic finance and the relative financial instruments such as sukuk, commodity markets and exchange traded products.

Zusammenfassung
Investigates small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) access to credit
Reviews the volatility index (VIX) and Credit Default Swaps (CDS)
Explores China's monetary policy
Investigates the relationship between financial institutions and real estate firms in China

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Credit conditions and UK SMEs: An empirical investigation.- Chapter 2: Earning quality and the cost of debt of SMEs.-Chapter 3: Which factors determine credit availability? Evidence from the current crisis.- Chapter 4: What is and what is not regulatory arbitrage? A review of the literature in search for an operative definition.- Chapter 5: Forecasting models and probabilistic sensitivity analysis: an application to bank's risk appetite thresholds within the Risk Appetite Framework.- Chapter 6: Forecasting volatility and computing value-at-risk with the VIX index: is it worthwhile?- Chapter 7: The determinants of CDS spreads: the case of banks.- Chapter 8: Liquidity Co-movement between Financial Institutions and Real Estate Firms: Evidence from China.- Chapter 9: China's policy transition from trilemma to quadrilemma in light of its new normal economy.