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Technical Efficiency of Banks in Central and Eastern Europe
The purpose of this article is to examine what affected the technical efficiency of banks in Central and Eastern European countries during the financial crisis. Firstly, this article analyzes the technical efficiency of banks in the selected countries in
Eva Horvatova
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(Why) Do Central Banks Care about Their Profits?
We document that central banks are significantly more likely to report slightly positive profits than slightly negative profits, especially amid greater political pressure, the public’s receptiveness to more extreme political views, and when governors ...
I. Goncharov +2 more
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Cell wall target fragment discovery using a low‐cost, minimal fragment library
LoCoFrag100 is a fragment library made up of 100 different compounds. Similarity between the fragments is minimized and 10 different fragments are mixed into a single cocktail, which is soaked to protein crystals. These crystals are analysed by X‐ray crystallography, revealing the binding modes of the bound fragment ligands.
Kaizhou Yan +5 more
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This study aims to determine the impact of using central bank digital currencies in enhancing competitiveness indicators, and to know the future determinants of digital currencies, especially after the technological transformations that ...
Ahmed Abbas Abdalhussein alsafi +2 more
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Challenges of the Central Banks in the Post Crisis Period when Needed to Ensure the Financial Stability [PDF]
The concerns of the European and domestic monetary authorities to reform the current regulatory but also supervisory framework became our main reason to achieve this scientific approach.
Anisoara Niculina APETRI +2 more
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Liquidity, financial crises and the lender of last resort – How much of a departure is the sub-prime crisis? [PDF]
Liquidity risks are endemic to banks, given the maturity transformation they undertake. This gives rise to risk of bank runs, the first line of defence against which should be appropriate liquidity policy of banks.
Davis, EP
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Bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa) patients is a clinical hurdle due to the poor understanding of the supportive bone microenvironment. Here, we identify stearoyl‐CoA desaturase (SCD) as a tumor‐promoting enzyme and potential therapeutic target in bone metastatic PCa.
Alexis Wilson +7 more
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Structural biology of ferritin nanocages
Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
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"The Functioning of the Payment System" [PDF]
[From the Introduction]. Today, most payments consist of electronic transfer of information and book-entries. The domestic financial infrastructure in the EU is generally highly developed, with large and small value systems, central securities ...
Biltoft, Karsten
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Assessing the Impact of Central Bank Digital Currency on Private Banks
This paper investigates how a central bank digital currency can be expected to impact a monopolistic banking sector. The paper’s framework of analysis combines the Diamond (1965) model of government debt with the Klein (1971) and Monti (1972) model of ...
D. Andolfatto
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