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Schwizer, Paola. HG2035.C6 2009 334’.2—dc22 2008041042 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables viii Notes on Contributors ix About the Editors xi Preface xii 1 Introduction 1 V. Boscia, A. Carretta and P. Schwizer Part One Overview of Cooperative Banking 2 T he Theory and Experience of Cooperative Banking 9 V. Boscia and R. Di Salvo 3 I nstitutional Models, Role of Shareholders (Member and Customers), Governance 40 P. Schwizer and V. Stefanelli 4 M erger and Acquisition in the Cooperative Banking Sector 60 V. Stefanelli 5 Outsourcing Policies in Cooperative Banking 73 A. Carretta 6 S hareholder Value and Efficiency of Cooperative Banks in Europe 80 F. Fiordelisi 7 Rating Methodology for Cooperative Banks 133 C. Giannotti Part Two S pecific Features and Innovations in Cooperative Banking 8 The Impact of Basel 2 on Cooperative Banking 159 S. Cosma v vi Contents 9 Internal Controls and Cooperative Banks 191 V. Stefanelli 10 The Impacts of IAS–IFRS on Cooperative Banking 209 M. Cotugno 11 Concluding Remarks 228 V. Boscia, A. Carretta and P. Schwizer Index 233 Figures 6.1 Economic Value Added (EVA) for banks: Our calculation procedure 86 6.2 Input and outputs used in estimating cost efficiency in European banking 103 10.1 Balance Sheet: The different aims 212 vii Tables 4.1 Effects of a concentration on the cooperative bank involved in the operation 67 6.1 T he number of banks in samples used for estimating efficiency with SFA and DEA, 1995–2002 87 6.2 Profitability and shareholder value created in French banking systems, 1995–2002 89 6.3 Profitability and shareholder value created in German banking systems, 1995–2002 94 6.4 Profitability and shareholder value created in Italian banking systems, 1995–2002 108 6.5 SFA cost X-efficiency mean levels in European banking, 1995–2002 114 6.6 DEA cost efficiency mean levels in European banking, 1995–2002 117 7.1 Determinants of the propensity to support banks 137 7.2 Support ratings 137 7.3 Individual ratings 138 7.4 Ratings assigned in the presence of a formal support mechanism 143 10.1 Financing system 211 10.2 The classification of financial assets and financial liabilities 216 viii Notes on Contributors Simona Cosma is Lecturer in Banking and Finance at the University of Salento (Italy). She holds a Ph.D. in Banking and Finance from the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Her research interests and publica- tions include risk management and bank organization and marketing. She has been also coordinator and lecturer in professional training courses for banks, and has acted as a consultant for the Italian Bankers’ Association. Email: [email protected] Matteo Cotugno is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Banking and Finance in the Department of Management at University of Bologna. He holds a Ph.D. in Banking and Finance from the University of Rome Tor Vergata. His research interests and publications include corporate and investment banking, financial accounting, performance management and measure- ment in banking. Email: [email protected] Roberto Di Salvo, economist, M.Phil. in Banking and Finance, is Deputy General Manager at Federcasse – Credito Cooperativo. He super- vises several offices dealing with economic research, financial regula- tion analysis and implementation, international relations and strategic projects. He is also editor of the quarterly journal Cooperazione di Credito and frequently writes papers and essays on banking and cooperative issues. Email: [email protected] Franco Fiordelisi (MA, Ph.D.) is Professor in Banking and Finance at the Faculty of Economics ‘Federico Caffè’ of the University of Rome III, Italy. He is a member of the academic board for Ph.D.s in Banking and Finance at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He is also Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Essex, UK. His main research inter- est is the economics of the banking and other financial institutions focusing on efficiency, productivity and shareholder value creation. His research has been published in the Journal of Banking and Finance, Applied Economics, OMEGA - The International Journal of Management Science ix