Policy Papers
Recent trends in UK financial sector regulation and possible implications for the EU, including its approach to equivalence (with Christy Petit)
Financial inclusion in Africa, prepared for AERC Senior Policy Seminar in March 2016 in Nairobi
Long-term finance in Latin America, report prepared for IDB, December 2015.
Regulatory cooperation on cross-border banking - Progress and Challenges after the Crisis, National Institute Economic Review 235, 2016
Financial Regulation in Europe: Foundations and Challenges (joint with Elena Carletti and Itay Goldstein)
Striking a healthy balance, Financial World
Ireland's banking system - looking forward, for a recent European Commission/Trinity College Dublin conference
Finance for Development: A Research Agenda, written for the ODI under a grant from the DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme (DEGRP).
Bank Financing for SMEs - Lessons from the Literature, National Institute Economic Review 225, R23-R38, 2013
Banking Union for Europe: Risks and Challenges (Editor), Vox eBook, 16 October 2012.
Finance and Growth: Lessons from the literature and the recent crisis, July 2012. Prepared for the LSE Growth Commission.
Banking in Europe: Disentangling a Twin Crisis, June 2012, prepared for the OeNB 40th Economics conference in May 2012.
SME Finance: What have We Learned and What Do We still Need to Learn? Chapter in World Economic Forum Financial Development Report 2010.
Regulatory Reform after the Crisis: Opportunities and Pitfalls, in Oh, Y. (Ed.), The World Economy with the G20. Korea: KIEP/CEPR, 2010. (Also CEPR Discussion Paper, no. 7733, 2010)
Finance in Africa: Achievements and Challenges, with M. Fuchs and M. Uy, in: World Bank, African Development Bank and World Economic Forum, 2009 (Eds.): African Competitiveness Report
Bank Competition and Financial Stability, Friends or Foes?, in: Competition in the Financial Sector, Bank Indonesia and Banco de Mexico (eds), 2008.
Creating an Efficient Financial System: Challenges in a Global Economy, South African Reserve Bank, Banco de Mexico, and The People's Bank of China (ed.) Economic Growth, 2006.