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NEW PUBLICATIONS in the “EBI WPS”:

  • WPS No. 205: Crypto-Asset and Stablecoin Regulation: A Comparative Analysis of MiCAR, the United States GENIUS Act, and the UK Regulatory Framework by Filippo Annunziata;
  • WPS No. 206: The Fair Value Option on the Liabilities’ Side of Banks – A Critical Evaluation by Edgar Löw and Lennart Winkler;
    WPS No. 207: European (EU) Capital Markets Law at (close to) 50: Historical Evolution and Missing Elements by Christos Gortsos;
  • WPS No. 208: Want Me to Conduct “Appropriate” Due Diligence? Ask “Reasonable” Things. How Vague terms shape behavior, Information Production and Governance in Sustainable Supply Chains by David Ramos Muñoz;
  • WPS No. 209: Burden-Sharing and Preventive Interventions of Deposit Guarantee Schemes as State Aid: “questo matrimonio non s’ha da fare!” (this wedding must not take place!) by Irene Mecatti; and
  • WPS No. 210: Green in the Shadow. The Information View on Green Banking Regulation by Edoardo D. Martino and Katarzyna Parchimowicz.
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Publication: Working Paper Series No. 210

“Green in the Shadow. The Information View on Green Banking Regulation” by Edoardo D. Martino and Katarzyna Parchimowicz was published on 26 May 2026 in the EBI Working Paper Series  No. 210. We investigate the hurdles to the effective implementation

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Publication: Working Paper Series No. 209

“Burden-Sharing and Preventive Interventions of Deposit Guarantee Schemes as State Aid: “questo matrimonio non s’ha da fare!” (this wedding must not take place!)” by Irene Mecatti was published on 14 May 2026 in the EBI Working Paper Series No. 209. Following

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Publication: Working Paper Series No. 208

“Want Me to Conduct “Appropriate” Due Diligence? Ask “Reasonable” Things. How Vague terms shape behavior, Information Production and Governance in Sustainable Supply Chains“ by David Ramos Munoz was published on 14 May 2026 in the EBI Working Paper Series No. 208.

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Publication: Working Paper Series No. 207

“European (EU) Capital Markets Law at (close to) 50: Historical Evolution and Missing Elements“ by Christos Gortsos was published on 1 May 2026 in the EBI Working Paper Series No. 207. The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to

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Publication: Working Paper Series No. 206

“The Fair Value Option on the Liabilities’ Side of Banks – A Critical Evaluation“ by Edgar Löw and Lennart Winkler was jointly published on 1 April 2026 in the EBI Working Paper Series No. 206. This study examines the accounting

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Publication: Working Paper Series No. 205

“Crypto-Asset and Stablecoin Regulation: A Comparative Analysis of MiCAR, the United States GENIUS Act, and the UK Regulatory Framework“ by Filippo Annunziata was published on 7 May 2026 in the EBI Working Paper Series No. 205. This article compares the

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